TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and psychometric assessment of the social media motives scale among university students
AU - Alhadabi, Amal
AU - Karpinski, Aryn C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Open Access - This article is under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
PY - 2020/4
Y1 - 2020/4
N2 - Social media (SM) use is a rapidly growing phenomenon among Millennials. Thus, a growing body of studies have explored the beneficial applications and negative consequences of their use in an increasingly virtual world. The current study aimed to develop and validate a scale that measures university students’ motives for using SM from a psychological and social perspective. In Study 1 (N = 316), the psychometric properties of SM motives were examined. The estimated factorial structure was validated in Study 2 (N = 200). The Study 1 results showed two active personal motives scales (i.e., self-actualization and purposive motives), one passive motive scale (i.e., enjoyment), one active contextual motive scale (i.e., self-enhancement), and a contextual (neither active nor passive) motive scale (i.e., a factor of convenience). Study 2 findings confirmed this factorial structure. Construct validity was supported with significant differences between three types of users (i.e., productive, consuming, and disinterested) on their motives (151 words).
AB - Social media (SM) use is a rapidly growing phenomenon among Millennials. Thus, a growing body of studies have explored the beneficial applications and negative consequences of their use in an increasingly virtual world. The current study aimed to develop and validate a scale that measures university students’ motives for using SM from a psychological and social perspective. In Study 1 (N = 316), the psychometric properties of SM motives were examined. The estimated factorial structure was validated in Study 2 (N = 200). The Study 1 results showed two active personal motives scales (i.e., self-actualization and purposive motives), one passive motive scale (i.e., enjoyment), one active contextual motive scale (i.e., self-enhancement), and a contextual (neither active nor passive) motive scale (i.e., a factor of convenience). Study 2 findings confirmed this factorial structure. Construct validity was supported with significant differences between three types of users (i.e., productive, consuming, and disinterested) on their motives (151 words).
KW - Convenience
KW - Enjoyment
KW - Purposive
KW - Scale development
KW - Self-actualization
KW - Self-enhancement motives
KW - Social media
KW - Validation
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U2 - 10.12973/eu-jer.9.2.835
DO - 10.12973/eu-jer.9.2.835
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084663487
SN - 2165-8714
VL - 9
SP - 835
EP - 851
JO - European Journal of Educational Research
JF - European Journal of Educational Research
IS - 2
ER -