PMID- 29757688
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200327
LR  - 20230912
IS  - 1097-9891 (Electronic)
IS  - 0095-2990 (Linking)
VI  - 45
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019
TI  - The Self-perception of Text-message Dependency Scale (STDS): Psychometric update 
      based on a United States sample.
PG  - 42-50
LID - 10.1080/00952990.2018.1465572 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Some have suggested that text messaging is an addictive behavior. 
      However, this characterization is uncertain, partly due to lack of well-validated 
      measures of text messaging attitudes and behaviors. One standard instrument for 
      measuring text messaging attitudes and behaviors is the Self-perception of 
      Text-message Dependency Scale (STDS), though the psychometric properties of this 
      scale have only been examined with a sample of Japanese youth. OBJECTIVES: The 
      primary objective of this study was to evaluate the STDS in the United States to 
      determine its utility as a measure of text messaging dependence. We were 
      interested in examining the factor structure and determining the extent to which 
      this scale would correlate with two important outcome measures: motor vehicle 
      accidents (MVAs) and moving violations. METHODS: We analyzed data from 468 adults 
      (age 18-74; 274 women) recruited via Amazon's Mechanical Turk (mTurk) service. 
      Participants completed the STDS and provided information about their 
      driving-related incidents in the past year. RESULTS: First we performed a 
      confirmatory factor analysis, which supported the instrument's original factor 
      structure. Then we tested the relationship between scores on the STDS and two 
      important variables, MVAs and moving violations. We found that the STDS 
      significantly correlated with both MVAs and moving violations. CONCLUSION: The 
      present study confirms that the STDS is a potentially useful instrument for 
      studying texting dependence in the United States and with adults of all ages. The 
      instrument may be particularly useful in predicting motor vehicle outcomes.
FAU - Liese, Bruce S
AU  - Liese BS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9019-3173
AD  - a Department of Psychology , University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS , USA.
FAU - Benau, Erik M
AU  - Benau EM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8215-6628
AD  - a Department of Psychology , University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS , USA.
FAU - Atchley, Paul
AU  - Atchley P
AD  - a Department of Psychology , University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS , USA.
FAU - Reed, Derek
AU  - Reed D
AD  - b Department of Applied Behavioral Science , University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS 
      , USA.
FAU - Becirevic, Amel
AU  - Becirevic A
AD  - b Department of Applied Behavioral Science , University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS 
      , USA.
FAU - Kaplan, Brent
AU  - Kaplan B
AD  - b Department of Applied Behavioral Science , University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS 
      , USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - T32 MH016434/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180514
PL  - England
TA  - Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse
JT  - The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse
JID - 7502510
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidents, Traffic/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Automobile Driving/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Behavior, Addictive/diagnosis/*epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Crime/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Japan
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Self Concept
MH  - Text Messaging/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - United States/epidemiology
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Mechanical Turk
OT  - Texting addiction
OT  - behavioral addiction
OT  - motor vehicle accidents
OT  - moving violations
OT  - psychometric measurement
EDAT- 2018/05/15 06:00
MHDA- 2020/03/28 06:00
CRDT- 2018/05/15 06:00
PHST- 2018/05/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/03/28 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/05/15 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/00952990.2018.1465572 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2019;45(1):42-50. doi: 10.1080/00952990.2018.1465572. 
      Epub 2018 May 14.