A Standardized Mobile Phone Test on University Students in the City of Arequipa, Peru

• Autores: Gamero, Katherine, Flores, Conni, Arias, Walter L., Ceballos, Karla D., Román, Alessandra, Marquina, Eduardo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad de Lima
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Lima
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.ulima.edu.pe:article/979
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.ulima.edu.pe/index.php/Persona/article/view/979
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: mobile phone addiction; psychometry; dependence; validity; reliability; adicción al celular; dependencia; validez; confiabilidad

The objective of this study is to determine validity and reliability of the Mobile Phone Dependency Test (CPDT), in a 22 items Likert scale-based instrument. The Test was administered to two samples, a public university (N=1044) and a private university (N=356) in the Peruvian city of Arequipa. Validity was determined using an exploratory factor analysis. Three factors were identified: abstinence and tolerance (α=0,901), abuse and problems with impulse control (α=0,853), and problems with excessive mobile phone use (α=0,853). Additionally, percentile ranks were created for both public and private universities.