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) — same one used in clinical research, same published cutoffs. No email, no signup.

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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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