Ten statements about ways smartphone use may interfere with daily life or feel hard to control.
Method and research sourcesSAS-SV is a short self-report scale developed to identify patterns labelled smartphone addiction in adolescents. The items cover daily-life interference, preoccupation, discomfort, overuse, and other people's feedback.
Each statement is rated from 1 to 6 and summed. All items point in the same direction, so the total ranges from 10 to 60.
The original open-access development paper and two systematic reviews are listed below.
Min Kwon, Dai-Jin Kim, Hyun Cho, Soo Yang
Bryn Harris, Kyle Regan, Sean Schueler, Jason Fields
C. Chen, K. Z. Zhang, X. Gong, et al.
Resources are linked by digital habits and wellbeing, not by an addiction label.
Assess how internet use affects sleep, responsibilities and relationships, distinguish enjoyment from loss of control and make a realistic plan for yourself or a child.
Why depression can make falling asleep or getting up difficult, how fatigue differs from needing less sleep, and what to discuss with a clinician.
Answer the 20-item Internet Addiction Test about loss of control and the impact of online activity on daily life.
Complete the seven-item ISI and review a careful interpretation of sleep difficulties over the past two weeks.
Reflect on urges, spending tendency, consequences, and guilt with the 13-item Edwards Compulsive Buying Scale.
No. Problematic smartphone use has no universally accepted diagnostic standard, and SAS-SV is a screening scale.
No. High use can be necessary or meaningful; loss of control, harm, and conflict with your goals are more informative.
The original adolescent study reported 31 for boys and 33 for girls. Showing their limitations is more honest than applying one as a universal diagnosis.
