Middle East Current Psychiatry

Table 1 Indices of internal consistency, means, and standard deviations (SD) for the total score of the Arabic DSS and its subscales (n = 1069). For comparative purposes, mean values are also shown for the English version (n = 735; [24] and the Chinese version (n = 752; [26]

From: Translation and validation of the Arabic version of the Digital Stress Scale (DSS-A) with three Arabic-speaking samples

Scales	Number of items	Arabic DSS			English DSS [24]	Chinese DSS [26]
		α	ω	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
DSS total	24	0.92	0.92	2.55 (0.74)	2.74 (0.81)**	2.67 (0.76)**
AS	4	0.81	0.82	2.61 (0.94)	2.65 (1.04)	2.85 (1.03)**
AA	6	0.91	0.91	2.55 (1.08)	2.79 (1.08)**	2.56 (1.05)
FoMO	4	0.82	0.79	2.12 (0.93)	2.57 (1.05)**	2.41 (1.05)**
CO	6	0.86	0.86	2.35 (0.92)	2.49 (0.93)**	2.43 (1.00)
OV	4	0.86	0.86	3.21 (1.09)	3.22 (1.04)	3.29 (1.07)

DSS Digital Stress Scale, AS Availability stress, AA Approval anxiety, FoMO Fear of missing out, CO Connection overload, OV Online vigilance. **p < 0.01 for comparisons of the means with those of the present study that used the Arabic version of the DSS

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