Adaptation of fear of missing out scale (FoMOs): Turkish version validity and reliability study.

Fearing of missing out Psychometric properties Scale adaptation Social media

Journal

Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS
ISSN: 0102-7972
Titre abrégé: Psicol Reflex Crit
Pays: Brazil
ID NLM: 9616730

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
22 Jan 2019
Historique:
received: 08 08 2018
accepted: 09 01 2019
entrez: 7 2 2020
pubmed: 7 2 2020
medline: 7 2 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The aim of this study is to examine psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the fear of missing out scale (FoMOs) on three different study groups. We conducted the construct validity of the Turkish FoMOs with confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance (study I; n = 354), and concurrent validity (study II; n = 371). We also evaluated the reliability of the Turkish FoMOs (study III; n = 61) using test-retest and Cronbach alpha reliability. In study I, the confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the one-dimensional structure of the Turkish version of the FoMOs was verified. The results of measurement analysis depending on the sample of study I demonstrated that configural and metric invariances were established across Facebook and other social media users. The Cronbach alpha values calculated from the samples of study I (α = .79) and study II (α = .78) indicated that internal consistency of the scale was at the acceptable level. Lastly, test-retest reliability of the scale was found as .86 from the study III. Overall findings indicated that the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of FoMO scale were satisfactory to measure the FoMO in a wide range of ages in the Turkish context.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The aim of this study is to examine psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the fear of missing out scale (FoMOs) on three different study groups.
METHOD METHODS
We conducted the construct validity of the Turkish FoMOs with confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance (study I; n = 354), and concurrent validity (study II; n = 371). We also evaluated the reliability of the Turkish FoMOs (study III; n = 61) using test-retest and Cronbach alpha reliability.
RESULTS RESULTS
In study I, the confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the one-dimensional structure of the Turkish version of the FoMOs was verified. The results of measurement analysis depending on the sample of study I demonstrated that configural and metric invariances were established across Facebook and other social media users. The Cronbach alpha values calculated from the samples of study I (α = .79) and study II (α = .78) indicated that internal consistency of the scale was at the acceptable level. Lastly, test-retest reliability of the scale was found as .86 from the study III.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Overall findings indicated that the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of FoMO scale were satisfactory to measure the FoMO in a wide range of ages in the Turkish context.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32026206
doi: 10.1186/s41155-019-0117-4
pii: 10.1186/s41155-019-0117-4
pmc: PMC6967379
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

3

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Auteurs

Gurhan Can (G)

Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of Education, Gaziantep, Turkey.

Seydi Ahmet Satici (SA)

Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Artvin Coruh University, Faculty of Education, Artvin, Turkey. sasatici@gmail.com.

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