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Table 2 Coefficient, standard error and p-value of the confirmatory factor analysis of the SAS scale items

From: Problematic smartphone use and affective temperaments among Lebanese young adults: scale validation and mediating role of self-esteem

Variable

Coefficient

Standard error

p

1. Missing planned work due to smartphone use

1

  

2. Having a hard time concentrating in class, while doing assignments, or while working due to smartphone use

0.650

0.951

 < 0.001

3. Feeling pain in the wrists or at the back of the neck while using a smartphone

0.478

0.741

 < 0.001

4. Won’t be able to stand not having a smartphone

0.691

1.131

 < 0.001

5. Feeling impatient and fretful when I am not holding my smartphone

0.707

1.043

 < 0.001

6. Having my smartphone in my mind even when I am not using it

0.519

0.751

 < 0.001

7. I will never give up using my smartphone even when my daily life is already greatly affected by it

0.689

1.072

 < 0.001

8. Constantly checking my smartphone so as not to miss conversations between other people on Twitter or Facebook

0.696

0.994

 < 0.001

9. Using my smartphone longer than I had intended

0.792

1.178

 < 0.001

10. The people around me tell me that I use my smartphone too much

0.762

1.077

 < 0.001