Living in an intensifying technological and digital environment makes people more engaged with smartphones and related internet platforms. Alongside its highly debated advantages and disadvantages, modern smartphone use is a global phenomenon which has been mainly debated within the context of cultural and technology relationships which also influence cross-cultural activities. Focusing on one of the modern factors (i.e., smartphone use) that impact human behavior, this article presents the development of a measure of the Multidimensional Smartphone Use Scale (MSUS) and tests its factor structure to offer a scale that covers smartphone-related problems from a broader perspective. Using an online survey, a total of 514 participants took part in the current study. The scale was developed to measure a multidimensional conception of smartphone use-related problems and behavioral disorders including nomophobia, ringxiety, textiety, and phubbing which were supported with exploratory and confirmatory factors analyses. The MSUS indicated good internal consistency reliability ranging from α = .75 to α = .89. This article presents the preliminary evidence regarding the reliability and validity of the MSUS which can be used in a wide range of settings to measure maladaptive modes of smartphone use and related behaviors.

生活在日益激烈的技术和数字环境中，人们更多地使用智能手机和相关互联网平台。除了备受争议的优点和缺点之外，现代智能手机的使用是一种全球现象，主要在文化和技术关系的背景下进行争论，这也影响跨文化活动。本文重点关注影响人类行为的现代因素之一（即智能手机的使用），介绍了多维智能手机使用量表（MSUS）的开发，并测试了其因素结构，以提供涵盖智能手机相关问题的量表从更广泛的角度来看。通过在线调查，共有 514 名参与者参与了当前的研究。该量表旨在衡量与智能手机使用相关的问题和行为障碍的多维概念，包括无手机恐惧症、焦虑症、发短信和低头族，并得到探索性和验证性因素分析的支持。MSUS 显示出良好的内部一致性可靠性，范围为 α = .75 至 α = .89。本文提供了有关 MSUS 可靠性和有效性的初步证据，该 MSUS 可用于广泛的环境中，以测量智能手机使用和相关行为的适应不良模式。