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Psychometric validation of the Chinese version of the desire thinking questionnaire in adolescent mobile phone users.
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Addictive behaviors [Addict Behav] 2023 Jul; Vol. 142, pp. 107651. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 09. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Background: Desire thinking is a conscious and voluntary cognitive process that is closely linked to levels of craving and addictive behaviors. The Desire Thinking Questionnaire (DTQ) can be used to measure desire thinking in all age groups as well as in addicts. This measurement has also been translated into several languages. This study aimed to test the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the DTQ (DTQ-C) among adolescent mobile phone users.<br />Methods: One thousand and ninety-seven adolescents who own a mobile phone and are younger than 18 years old completed the DTQ-C and a battery of questionnaires assessing the big five personality traits, negative affect, brooding, self-control, craving, and problematic mobile phone use (PMPU). The psychometric analyses of the DTQ-C were conducted, including exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), reliability, and validity analysis.<br />Results: The EFA revealed a 10-item two-factor structure (i.e., verbal perseveration and imaginal prefiguration) that was confirmed by the CFA. The results of CFA showed fit indexes of χ <superscript>2</superscript> /df = 4.83, CFI = 0.967, TLI = 0.954, RMSEA = 0.059, SRMR = 0.032. The total scale had internal consistency reliabilities of 0.93, which demonstrated that DTQ-C presented good reliability. The two dimensions were correlated with PMPU (r <subscript>verbal perseveration</subscript> = 0.54; r <subscript>imaginal prefiguration</subscript> = 0.45), neuroticism (r <subscript>verbal perseveration</subscript> = 0.18; r <subscript>imaginal prefiguration</subscript> = 0.14), conscientiousness (r <subscript>verbal perseveration</subscript> = -0.19; r <subscript>imaginal prefiguration</subscript> = -0.18), depression (r <subscript>verbal perseveration</subscript> = 0.22; r <subscript>imaginal prefiguration</subscript> = 0.16), anxiety (r <subscript>verbal perseveration</subscript> = 0.26; r <subscript>imaginal prefiguration</subscript> = 0.22), stress (r <subscript>verbal perseveration</subscript> = 0.15; r <subscript>imaginal prefiguration</subscript> = 0.10) and self-control (r <subscript>verbal perseveration</subscript> = -0.29; r <subscript>imaginal prefiguration</subscript> = -0.26), which demonstrated that DTQ-C presented good concurrent validity. The two factors of DTQ-C correlated weakly with brooding (ranging from 0.08 to 0.10). The principal component factor analysis of the two dimensions of desire thinking and craving showed that craving and desire thinking belonged to different dimensions. Both of which showed good divergent validity of desire thinking. Additionally, an examination of incremental validity revealed that two factors were both positively associated with PMPU beyond demographic characteristics, big five personality traits, negative affect, and self-control (B <subscript>verbal perseveration</subscript> = 0.49 and B <subscript>imaginal prefiguration</subscript> = 0.13).<br />Conclusions: It has been found that the 10-item DTQ-C is a reliable and valid measure of desire thinking in Chinese adolescent mobile phone users.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-6327
- Volume :
- 142
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- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Addictive behaviors
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36870257
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107651