Questionnaire - Research Instruments

RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS

QUESTIONNAIRES

Here you can find the questionnaires developed by our team.

All instruments available in this section — including questionnaires and experimental stimuli — are freely accessible, and anyone can use them for non-commercial academic and research purposes.
Appropriate citation (provided below each tool) is required when using any of these materials in scientific papers, presentations, theses, or any other publication.

Smartphone Impact Scale (SIS)


The SIS comprises 25 items (26 in its original version) that measure the following dimensions: Loss of control of smartphone use, Nomophobia, Emotion regulation through smartphone usage, Smartphone-mediated communication, Smartphone support to romantic relationships, Smartphone tasks support, and Awareness of negative smartphone impact.

CITATION: Pancani, L., Preti, E., & Riva, P. (2019). The Psychology of Smartphone: The Development of the Smartphone Impact Scale (SIS). Assessment, 27(6), 1176-1197. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191119831788 (Original work published 2020)

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girl with the smartphone is her hands - smarphone impact scale SIS

Parental Phubbing Scale (PPS)


The Parental Phubbing Scale (PPS) measures the extent to which children perceive their parents as distracted or inattentive during interactions due to mobile phone use. The scale assesses children’s perceived phubbing separately for each parent through 14 items, seven referring to the mother’s behavior and seven to the father’s. In addition, a global parental phubbing score can be calculated by aggregating responses across both subscales.

CITATION: Pancani, L., Gerosa, T., Gui, M., & Riva, P. (2021). “Mom, dad, look at me”: The development of the Parental Phubbing Scale. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(2), 435-458. doi: 10.1177/0265407520964866

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parents phubbing their little girl using their mobile phone - parental phubbing scale PPS

TOOLS

Below you can find the tools developed by our team.

All instruments available in this section — including questionnaires and experimental stimuli — are freely accessible, and anyone can use them for non-commercial academic and research purposes.
Appropriate citation (provided below each tool) is required when using any of these materials in scientific papers, presentations, theses, or any other publication.

Phubbing and Resisting Phubbing Video stimuli


These videos were developed as experimental stimuli to investigate how different smartphone-related behaviors affect social interaction. Each one shows a brief social encounter between the viewer (represented by an avatar seen from behind) and another avatar who engages in one of three behaviors: phubbing (ignoring the viewer to use their phone), resisting phubbing (ignoring a phone notification to stay engaged), or control (i.e., social inclusion, maintaining full attention throughout).
 
Each video lasts 50 seconds, includes background café noise (but no spoken language), and is available in both male and female versions. In the inclusion condition, the avatar maintains eye contact throughout. In the phubbing condition, the avatar checks their phone and stays focused on it. In the resisting phubbing condition, the avatar briefly glances at the phone after a notification but deliberately sets it aside to re-engage.

CITATION: Telari, A., Riva, P., Perugini, M., & Pancani, L. (2024). Converting smartphone interference into favorable consequences for social interactions: the “resisting phubbing” phenomenon. Social Influence, 19(1), 2433943. doi: 10.1080/15534510.2024.2433943

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