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. 2023 Oct 18;23:763. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05251-4

Table 2.

Properties of items from the 8-item Phubbing Scale

Item Mean SD Kurtosis Skewness
1. My eyes start wandering on my phone when I’m together with others 2.26 1.06 -0.54 0.47
2. I am always busy with my mobile phone when I’m with my friends 2.08 1.01 -0.31 0.63
3. People complain about me dealing with my mobile phone 2.00 1.10 -0.15 0.86
4. I’m busy with my mobile phone when I’m with friends 2.36 1.11 -0.57 0.44
5. My phone is always within my reach 3.85 1.24 -0.18 -0.91
6. When I wake up in the morning, I first check the messages on my phone 3.55 1.33 -0.95 -0.48
7. I feel incomplete without my mobile phone 2.85 1.41 -1.25 0.11
8. My mobile phone use increases day by day 2.82 2.85 -1.00 0.18