Validation of a Spanish Questionnaire on Mobile Phone Abuse.
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Mobile phone addiction has attracted much attention recently and is showing similarity to other substance use disorders Because no studies on mobile phone addiction had yet been conducted in Spain we developed and validated a questionnaire Cuestionario de Abuso del Tel fono M vil ATeMo to measure mobile phone abuse among young adults in Spanish The ATeMo questionnaire was designed based on relevant DSM 5 diagnostic criteria and included craving as a diagnostic symptom Using stratified sampling the ATeMo questionnaire was administered to 856 students mean age 21 62 women The MULTICAGE questionnaire was administered to assess history of drug abuse and addiction Using confirmatory factor analysis we found evidence for the construct validity of the following factors Craving Loss of Control Negative Life Consequences and Withdrawal Syndrome and their association with a second order factor related to mobile phone abuse The four ATeMO factors were also associated with alcoholism internet use and compulsive buying Important gender differences were found that should be considered when studying mobile phone addictions The ATeMo is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used in further research on mobile phone abuse