Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Social Media Addiction Scale Short Form developed by van den Eijnden, Lemmens and Valkenburg (2016). The datum of adaptation (study) has been collected from 376 highschool students. Exploratory factor analysis in order to test suitability of scale for factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis  in order to test the structure validity have been conducted. Internal consistency coefficient (Cronbach’s Alpha) is calculated for the reliability of the scale. Conbach’s Alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scale is .76. As a result of the factor analysis, it has been found that  the scale consists of 9 items and one factor which account for 35% of total variance. The factor loading points of the scale have been varied from .52 to .66. Coefficient of Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) has been found as .84 and x2 value of the Barlett sphericity test has been found as 587.545 (p<.000). One dimensional structure of the scale has been observed to be fitting well in the confirmatory factor analysis [x2=61.29, df=27, x2/df=2.27 RMSEA=0.058, RMR=0.009, S-RMR=0.045, GFI=0.96, AGFI=0.93, CFI=0.93, NNFI=0.91, IFI=0.93]. As a result, it has been found  that the scale of SMBÖ-KF is reliable and valid in measuring the social media addiction among adolescents.     

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