Generic Scale of Phubbing
GSPPermission: Terms not stated: check with the authors. The developers publish no terms of use that Folio could find. Ask the authors or the publisher before using it in a study, and cite the original publication.
A 15-item self-report measure of phubbing, the act of ignoring others during face-to-face interaction in favor of one's phone. A companion scale (GSBP) measures the experience of being phubbed.
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Reliability & validation
Subscales
Response anchors
Never · Rarely · Occasionally · Sometimes · Frequently · Usually · Always
Known limitations
The scale was developed with online general-population samples recruited through a crowdsourcing platform, and it relies on self-report of one's own phone use. One of its subscales is labeled Nomophobia (fear of detachment from one's phone), a construct that dedicated scales such as the NMP-Q also measure.
Original citation
Chotpitayasunondh, V., & Douglas, K. M. (2018). Measuring phone snubbing behavior: Development and validation of the Generic Scale of Phubbing (GSP) and the Generic Scale of Being Phubbed (GSBP). Computers in Human Behavior, 88, 5-17.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.06.020Questions researchers ask
What does the GSP measure?
A 15-item self-report measure of phubbing, the act of ignoring others during face-to-face interaction in favor of one's phone. A companion scale (GSBP) measures the experience of being phubbed.
How many items does the GSP have?
The Generic Scale of Phubbing (GSP) has 15 items across 4 subscales: Nomophobia, Interpersonal Conflict, Self-Isolation, Problem Acknowledgement.
Is the GSP free to use?
Folio could not find published terms of use for the GSP. Ask the authors or the publisher before using it in a study, and cite the original publication.
Is the GSP reliable?
Validation studies report Cronbach's α of 0.82–0.93, test–retest reliability of 0.82. See the reliability section for the population studied and full statistics.
Who developed the GSP, and how do I cite it?
Chotpitayasunondh, V., & Douglas, K. M. (2018). Measuring phone snubbing behavior: Development and validation of the Generic Scale of Phubbing (GSP) and the Generic Scale of Being Phubbed (GSBP). Computers in Human Behavior, 88, 5-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.06.020
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