BACKGROUND
Selfie addiction is one of the behavioral addictions or addictive behaviors that have recently emerged, together with the internet addiction, the smartphone addiction.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of the investigation was to explore the relationships between selfie addiction, nomophobia and locus of control.
METHODS
242 subjects (median age 26 years, n=182, 75.2%, females and n=60, 24.8%, males) were recruited. The primary objective of the study was to validate the Italian translation of the Selfie-liking Scale conceived by Charoensukmongkol, a short scale used to measure the attitude towards the use of the selfie. The second part of the research links this test with the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q), used to measure the level of nomophobia in the participants and, finally, we have related the Selfie-liking Scale with the Internal-External (I-E) Rotter Scale, used to measure the orientation of the Locus of Control, with particular attention to the external orientation of this psychological construct.
RESULTS
Cronbach’s alpha in Selfie-liking Scale was good (0.88). A significant correlation was found between the total score of the selfie scale and nomophobia and correlation between external locus of control and selfie resulted statistically borderline.
CONCLUSIONS
The selfie-liking scale is a reliable instrument and can be utilized in future studies to explore further psuychological determinants of such a behavior.