Abdul-Naser El-sayed Aamer¹, Shewikar Farrag^2,

Study Objectives: The study aimed to develop and test the psychometric properties of the smart phone addiction scale, and to estimate its incidence among a sample of Egyptian children as perceived by parents after Corona pandemic. Methodology: An electronic link was developed on the websites of schools and WhatsApp groups in some Egyptian governorates. The study sample consisted of 238 male and female school age children, distributed according to gender to 93 (36.3%) boys and 145 (63.7%) girls, with an average age of 7.94 years and a standard deviation of 2.2. Research Instrument: Smartphone addiction scale was developed by the first researcher. Results: The exploratory factor analysis revealed one factor for the manifestations of smartphone addiction, and the general factor model proved a good match with the sample data, and a satisfactory degree of omega squared internal consistency, and the percentage of smartphone addiction among children reached (52.1%) as perceived by parents. Recommendation: The study recommended the need to address the phenomenon of mobile phone addiction due to its negative impact on the personal, psychological and educational aspects of children after the Corona pandemic.

smartphone addiction, smartphone addiction scale, psychometric properties