Pamuk, MustafaAtli, Abdullah2024-08-042024-08-0420161018-86811309-5749https://doi.org/10.5350/DAJPN2016290105https://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/210352https://hdl.handle.net/11616/92455Objective: This study aims to develop a Problematic Mobile Phone Use Scale (PMPUS) to determine the problematic mobile phone use by university students. Method: Study participants for exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were 725 university students, for test-retest 126 university students. The psychometric characteristics of the scale were investigated using test-retest, internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha), item analysis, EFA, CFA, and criterion-related validity methods. Results: According to results obtained from exploratory factor analysis, it was determined that PMPUS had four subdimensions. Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed this four-subdimension structure. Reliability data for the PMPUS found Cronbach's Alpha coefficients of 0.92 for EFA and 0.93 for CFA, respectively. Test-retest coefficient for PMPUS was 0.85. Furthermore, a positive, high correlation (r=0.75) was found between PMPUS and Mobile Phone Problem Use Scale (MPPUS). Subscales of PMPUS also showed the required values for validity and reliability. Conclusion: According to the results, PMPUS is a reliable and valid scale with 26 items in four subdimensions.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessProblematic mobile phone usereliabilityuniversity studentsvalidityArticle291495910.5350/DAJPN20162901052-s2.0-84963957218Q3210352WOS:000383250200005N/A