Validation of vamping scale in Argentina: the role of procrastination and mobile phone use.

Technologies and social networks have modified the habits of their users, affecting their health and well-being. An exponent of these affectations of daily life is the phenomenon of vamping, this is the habit in which people use their mobile or computer during the night and early morning, with the consequence of symptoms such as insomnia, fatigue, and mood swings in those who practice it. In this paper, we propose a scale to assess the tendency to vamping in adults, for its validation in the Argentine context. With a sample of 1004 cases, whose mean age was 44.29 years (<italic>SD </italic>= 11.73) and a mean age of 18–65 years, with 51.89% (<italic>n </italic>= 521) being women and 48.11% men (<italic>n </italic>= 483). The scale showed an adequate consistency for 11 items and two dimensions. The first dimension is <italic>nocturnal habits</italic>, that is, the tendency to stay up late to surf the Internet and social networks, and the second dimension is <italic>behavioural commitment</italic>, that is, the affectation and daytime correlate caused by changes in sleep pattern. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]