| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| CFA | Confirmatory Factor Analysis |
| CFI | Comparative Fit Index |
| DWLS | Diagonally Weighted Least Squares (estimator) |
| EFA | Exploratory Factor Analysis |
| FOMO | Fear of Missing Out |
| GFI | Goodness-of-Fit Index |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technologies |
| IFI | Incremental Fit Index |
| JASP | Jeffreys’s Amazing Statistics Program (statistical software) |
| KMO | Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy |
| MANOVA | Multivariate Analysis of Variance |
| NFI | Normed Fit Index |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PS | Phubbing Scale |
| RMSEA | Root Mean Square Error of Approximation |
| SDT | Self-Determination Theory |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
| SRMR | Standardized Root Mean Square Residual |
| TLI | Tucker–Lewis Index |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |