Forte Giuseppe, Favieri Francesca, Tedeschi Domenico, Casagrande Maria
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università "Sapienza" di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Dipartimento di Psicologia Dinamica, Clinica e Salute, Università "Sapienza" di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italy.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2021 Feb 23;11(2):27. doi: 10.3390/bs11020027.
The approach to the vision of TV series has deeply changed in the last years, and watching multiple episodes of TV content in a single session becomes a popular viewing pattern referred as binge-watching. Early studies defined binge-watching as a potentially addictive behavior showing characteristics similar to other behavioral addictions, such as loss of control and pleasure anticipation. This study aims to validate a short self-report questionnaire focused on assessing binge-watching behavior and determining whether it shows characteristics similar to addictive behavior, the Binge-Watching Addiction Questionnaire (BWAQ). An online survey was adopted to administer the questionnaire in the general population (N = 1277). Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses assessed both the validity and the structure of the scale in two independent samples. The statistical analyses confirmed a four-factor model (i.e., "Craving", "Dependency", "Anticipation", "Avoidance") of the BWAQ with good psychometric properties. The BWAQ can differentiate between people who adopt maladaptive watching activities from those who use TV-series as leisure and entertainment activities. Therefore, this questionnaire may enable researchers to improve this emerging field of research significantly.
在过去几年里，人们观看电视剧的方式发生了深刻变化，在一次观看过程中连续观看多集电视内容成为一种流行的观看模式，即“ binge-watching”（刷剧）。早期研究将刷剧定义为一种潜在的成瘾行为，表现出与其他行为成瘾相似的特征，如失去控制和愉悦期待。本研究旨在验证一份简短的自我报告问卷，该问卷侧重于评估刷剧行为，并确定其是否表现出与成瘾行为相似的特征，即刷剧成瘾问卷（BWAQ）。采用在线调查的方式在普通人群（N = 1277）中发放问卷。探索性和验证性因素分析在两个独立样本中评估了该量表的效度和结构。统计分析证实了BWAQ的四因素模型（即“渴望”“依赖”“期待”“回避”）具有良好的心理测量学特性。BWAQ能够区分采用适应不良观看行为的人和将电视剧用作休闲娱乐活动的人。因此，这份问卷可能会使研究人员显著改进这个新兴的研究领域。
