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Assessing Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescents by Parental Ratings: Development and Validation of the Social Media Disorder Scale for Parents (SMDS-P).


ABSTRACT:

Background

The problematic use of social media (SM) is a rising phenomenon, especially in adolescents. It can be assessed by self-rating screeners such as the Social Media Disorder Scale (SMDS). However, young age or symptom denial might reduce adolescent assessment accuracy. Therefore, the development and validation of a parental scale (SMDS-P) is desirable.

Method

A representative sample of 961 parents and corresponding frequently SM-using children aged 10 to 17 years participated in an online study. Factorial analyses were performed to determine item structure. Adolescents' SMDS self-reports, SM usage time, emotional dysregulation, and academic performance were used to assess validity. The SMDS-P cut-off value was calculated by ROC-analysis.

Results

A one-factorial structure of the SMDS-P could be confirmed. The internal consistency was good (Cronbach's ? = 0.85, McDonald's ? = 0.88) and the accordance between parental and self-ratings moderate (kappa = 0.51). SMDS-P was positively associated with adolescents' self-ratings (r = 0.68), SM usage time (r = 0.26) and frequency (? = 0.16) as well as with emotional dysregulation (r = 0.35) in a highly significant manner.

Conclusions

SMDS-P offers a promising new approach to assess problematic SM usage in adolescence. Further studies including clinical validations are required.

SUBMITTER: Austermann MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7914646 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Assessing Problematic Social Media Use in Adolescents by Parental Ratings: Development and Validation of the Social Media Disorder Scale for Parents (SMDS-P).

Austermann Maria Isabella MI   Thomasius Rainer R   Paschke Kerstin K  

Journal of clinical medicine 20210206 4


<h4>Background</h4>The problematic use of social media (SM) is a rising phenomenon, especially in adolescents. It can be assessed by self-rating screeners such as the Social Media Disorder Scale (SMDS). However, young age or symptom denial might reduce adolescent assessment accuracy. Therefore, the development and validation of a parental scale (SMDS-P) is desirable.<h4>Method</h4>A representative sample of 961 parents and corresponding frequently SM-using children aged 10 to 17 years participat  ...[more]

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