Document Type : Original
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M A student in family counseling, Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
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Assistant Professor of Counseling Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
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Associate Professor of Counseling Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.
Abstract
Introduction: Smartphones and the Internet, with the advancement of technology, have dramatically changed people's relationships. However, one of the emerging and harmful phenomena that is spreading is Partner Phubbing, which refers to using a cell phone in the presence of one's wife. The present study aimed to translate the Partner Phubbing Scale into Persian language and then evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Partner Phubbing Scale in Iranian couples
Method: In this psychometric and cross-sectional study, 433 people, including married men and women (51.5% women and 48.5% men with an age range of 20-50 years), were examined in 2023. To collect data online, the Partner Phubbing Scale, Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale, and Gottman's Emotional Divorce Scale were used, and SPSS-28 and AMOS-24 software were used for data analysis.
Findings: In general, the Persian version of Partner Phubbing Scale showed acceptable and strong psychometric properties in terms of test-retest reliability (r=0.92, P=0.001), internal consistency by both Cronbach's alpha and MacDonald's omega coefficient methods (0/94), divergent validity with the Kansas Marital Satisfaction Scale (r=-0.126, P˂0.01) and convergent validity with the Gottman's Emotional Divorce Scale (r=0.117, P˂0.05). Also, by removing item 7, the findings confirmed the single-factor structure of the scale with optimal factor loadings (above 0.7).
Conclusion: The results of the present study showed the appropriate psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Partner Phubbing Scale in Iranian couples. Therefore, the current scale can be used as a relatively new tool in the fields of family research and counseling, along with other evaluation tools, to identify and understand the harmful consequences of excessive use of mobile phones.
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