International Classification of Diseases-11-Based External Assessment of Social Media Use Disorder in Adolescents: Development and Validation of the Social Media Use Disorder Scale for Parents

TY - JOUR

T1 - International Classification of Diseases-11-Based External Assessment of Social Media Use Disorder in Adolescents: Development and Validation of the Social Media Use Disorder Scale for Parents

AU - Paschke, Kerstin

AU - Austermann, Maria Isabella

AU - Thomasius, Rainer

PY - 2022/8/9

Y1 - 2022/8/9

N2 - Social media use disorder (SMUD) is associated with substantial impairments in daily functioning, and adolescents are particularly at risk. The 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) criteria of gaming disorder (GD) could be shown to be suitable to describe SMUD in adolescents. Since adolescents' insight might be limited due to young age or symptom denial, it is essential to include their parents in the diagnostic process. The development and validation of a parental scale are, therefore, of great interest to clinicians and scientists. The Social Media Use Disorder Scale for Parents (SOMEDIS-P) was developed by clinical experts and validated in 944 parent-child dyads. Adolescents were 10-17 years old and frequently used social media (SM). Besides SM use times, standardized questionnaires were applied to assess SM use patterns according to ICD-11 and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 criteria of (Internet) GD, psychological stress, and depressive symptoms in an online survey. Item structure was investigated by confirmatory factorial analysis. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses to determine cutoff values and accordance with adolescent self-ratings were computed. A presumed two-factorial structure of SOMEDIS-P could be confirmed describing cognitive-behavioral symptoms and negative consequences. The instrument showed good to excellent internal consistency and criterion validity with moderate to strong correlations, excellent discriminatory characteristics, and moderate accordance with the adolescents' self-ratings. As the first successfully validated tool for the assessment of ICD-11-based SMUD in adolescents by parental judgment, SOMEDIS-P can make an important contribution to reliable SMUD screening in clinical practice and research.

AB - Social media use disorder (SMUD) is associated with substantial impairments in daily functioning, and adolescents are particularly at risk. The 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) criteria of gaming disorder (GD) could be shown to be suitable to describe SMUD in adolescents. Since adolescents' insight might be limited due to young age or symptom denial, it is essential to include their parents in the diagnostic process. The development and validation of a parental scale are, therefore, of great interest to clinicians and scientists. The Social Media Use Disorder Scale for Parents (SOMEDIS-P) was developed by clinical experts and validated in 944 parent-child dyads. Adolescents were 10-17 years old and frequently used social media (SM). Besides SM use times, standardized questionnaires were applied to assess SM use patterns according to ICD-11 and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-5 criteria of (Internet) GD, psychological stress, and depressive symptoms in an online survey. Item structure was investigated by confirmatory factorial analysis. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses to determine cutoff values and accordance with adolescent self-ratings were computed. A presumed two-factorial structure of SOMEDIS-P could be confirmed describing cognitive-behavioral symptoms and negative consequences. The instrument showed good to excellent internal consistency and criterion validity with moderate to strong correlations, excellent discriminatory characteristics, and moderate accordance with the adolescents' self-ratings. As the first successfully validated tool for the assessment of ICD-11-based SMUD in adolescents by parental judgment, SOMEDIS-P can make an important contribution to reliable SMUD screening in clinical practice and research.

KW - Adolescent

KW - Child

KW - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

KW - Humans

KW - International Classification of Diseases

KW - Parents

KW - Reproducibility of Results

KW - Social Media

KW - Surveys and Questionnaires

U2 - 10.1089/cyber.2022.0020

DO - 10.1089/cyber.2022.0020

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

C2 - 35796709

VL - 25

SP - 518

EP - 526

JO - CYBERPSYCH BEH SOC N

JF - CYBERPSYCH BEH SOC N

SN - 2152-2715

IS - 8

ER -