Arabic Mobile Addiction Scale

The Arabic Mobile Addiction Scale is a self-report assessment tool that comprises 31 items. each item has a five-point Likert scale (Nerve, seldom, sometimes, often and almost always). This scale measure five main symptoms of mobile addiction(salience/ preoccupancy, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal and conflict/negative consequences).
Please answer all the following questions and then you can see your result on the Arabic mobile addition scale.

 

1.I find myself preoccupied with my mobile phone when I am doing other things and causes problems for me.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

2.When the mobile phone is out of reach, I become preoccupied with calls that I might receive.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

3.When I receive phone calls, I focus all my attention on the call and ignore other things.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

4.I find it very difficult to turn off my mobile phone.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

5.I use the mobile phone in order to improve my mood

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

6.I use the mobile phone to talk with others when I feel lonely.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

7.I feel depressed when I can’t use the mobile phone, for lack of credit.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

8.I avoid facing problems, through engaging with the mobile phone.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

9.I feel satisfied with myself when I received calls and text messages.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

10.I continually check my mobile phone, to make sure it’s connected.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

11.I feel nervous and irritable if I turn off my mobile phone during meetings or studying hours.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

12.I feel lost without my mobile phone.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

13.I feel angry and irritable when I can’t answer incoming calls or messages.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

14.I feel tense when I can’t use my mobile phone for a short period of time.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

15.I feel anxious when my mobile phone is turned off.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

16.I feel disconnected from other people if my mobile phone lost or broken

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

17.The first thing I always do when I wake-up, is checking my mobile phone.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

18.My family and friends complained about my excessive use of the mobile phone

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

19.I have physical pain caused by my mobile phone usage.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

20.I often arrive late to appointments, and meetings, because of using my mobile phone.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

21.I got in trouble many times due to my mobile phone ringing during class or meetings

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

22.I have pain and an ulcer in my finger due to excessive use (text messaging, or games).

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

23.I have ignored some of my family and social responsibilities because I am preoccupied with my mobile phone.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

24.My social participation has been reduced during the last 12 months, due to excessive mobile use.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

25.My relationship with my friend’s disturbance due to the excessive use of the mobile phone.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

26.I spend more time using the mobile phone more than I have planned.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

27.I hide from others the amount of time I used using the mobile phone.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

28.The time I spend using the mobile phone, has increased during the last 12 months.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

29.I tried to reduce the time I spend on my mobile phone but in no vain.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

30.Others told me that I spend a long time using the mobile phone.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always

31.I have changed aspects of my ordinary life, to enable me to use my mobile phone freely.

1 Never

2 Seldom

3 Sometimes

4 Often

5 Almost always