项目反应理论
上瘾
心理学
特质
比例(比率)
干预(咨询)
临床心理学
社会化媒体
心理测量学
老年学
医学
精神科
量子力学
物理
程序设计语言
法学
计算机科学
政治学
作者
Daniel Zarate,Ben A. Hobson,Evita March,Mark D. Griffiths,Vasileios Stavropoulos
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.abrep.2022.100473
摘要
Social media use has become an everyday behavior in contemporary life resulting in increased participation. A minority of individuals, especially younger adults, may engage excessively with the medium, resulting in the emergence of problematic social media use (PSMU). One way of assessing PSMU is by administering the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS). The present study investigated the psychometric properties and prevalence of the BSMAS using Item Response Theory (IRT). Additionally, it evaluated risk factors such as gender and age. A relatively large community sample (N=968, Mage=29.5 years, SD=9.36, 32.5% women) completed the BSMAS online. IRT analyses showed differences regarding the BSMAS items’ discrimination, difficulty, and reliability capacities, with a raw score exceeding 26 (out of 30) indicating a higher risk of PSMU (n=11; 1.1%). Females and younger participants were at greater risk of developing PSMU. The BSMAS functions as a reliable measure of PSMU, particularly between average to high levels of the trait. Additionally, younger participants were shown to be at higher risk of PSMU suggesting that prevention and intervention protocols should focus on this group.
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