Smartphone Addiction Scale, Short Version · 2 min · 10 items

Do you own your phone, or does it own you?

Ten questions. The Smartphone Addiction Scale (Short Version), the same one used in clinical research, same published cutoffs. No signup, no spam.

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Do you own your phone, or does it own you?

First, a calibration question.

I miss planned work due to smartphone use.

I have a hard time concentrating in class, while doing assignments, or while working due to smartphone use.

I feel pain in my wrists or at the back of my neck while using a smartphone.

I won't be able to stand not having a smartphone.

I feel impatient and fretful when I am not holding my smartphone.

I have my smartphone in my mind even when I am not using it.

I will never give up using my smartphone even when my daily life is already greatly affected by it.

I constantly check my smartphone so as not to miss conversations on social media.

I use my smartphone longer than I had intended.

The people around me tell me that I use my smartphone too much.

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