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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2021

Exploring the Dimensions of Smartphone Distraction: Development, Validation, Measurement Invariance, and Latent Mean Differences of the Smartphone Distraction Scale (SDS).

Melina A Throuvala, Halley M Pontes, Ioannis Tsaousis, Mark D Griffiths, Mike Rennoldson, Daria J Kuss

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
16.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Smartphone Distraction: Italian Validation of the Smartphone Distraction Scale (SDS).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Melina A ThrouvalaInternational Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Halley M PontesDepartment of Organizational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Ioannis TsaousisDepartment of Psychology, University of Crete, Rethymnon, Greece.
Mark D GriffithsInternational Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Mike RennoldsonPsychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Daria J KussInternational Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Nottingham Trent University · GBBirkbeck, University of London · GBCrete University Press · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

attentiondistractionsmartphone distraction scalesmartphone usesocial media use

Identifiers

PMID33762981
PMCPMC7982468
OpenAlexW3135199720

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