1Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
2Institut de Psychologie, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Suisse.
J Behav Addict. 2023 Feb 6;12(1):105-127. doi: 10.1556/2006.2022.00088. Print 2023 Mar 30.
Social network use is widespread, and the study of Instagram seems to have captured more attention in recent years. However, scale development and validation in the field has fallen short of providing sound scales of Instagram motives and usage patterns that consider the uniqueness of Instagram-related behavior. This paper describes the development, psychometric and cross-cultural validation of two new measurement instruments: the "Instagram Motives Questionnaire" (IMQ) and the "Instagram Uses and Patterns Questionnaire" (IUPQ).
A preliminary set of items was developed for each questionnaire based on a previous qualitative interview study on Instagram motives, uses, and consequences. In the first study, the questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 312 participants aged 18-35 years (M = 23.81; SD = 4.49), and an exploratory factor analysis was performed. A parsimonious and interpretable 6-factor solution that displayed adequate factor loadings and adequate Omega coefficients for both instruments were found. In a second study, the two instruments and other measures of known social network usage correlates and mental health consequences were administered online to 1,418 English-speaking participants aged 18-34 years (M = 21.35; SD = 3.89). Both scales showed good psychometric properties and the factor structure identified in study 1 was reproduced through confirmatory factor analysis. Omega reliability coefficients were adequate. Finally, when performing multi-group CFA along with a French (n = 1,826) and a Spanish (n = 3,040) sample, language and gender invariance were supported. Correlations with other relevant measures indicate good convergent validity of both scales.
The present research provides psychometrically sound instruments for further investigations on Instagram use behaviors.
社交网络的使用非常普遍,近年来,对 Instagram 的研究似乎引起了更多关注。然而,在该领域,量表的开发和验证尚未提供健全的 Instagram 动机和使用模式量表,这些量表考虑到了与 Instagram 相关行为的独特性。本文描述了两个新的测量工具——“Instagram 动机问卷”(IMQ)和“Instagram 使用和模式问卷”(IUPQ)的开发、心理测量学和跨文化验证。
根据之前关于 Instagram 动机、用途和后果的定性访谈研究,为每个问卷初步制定了一组项目。在第一项研究中,向 312 名年龄在 18-35 岁的参与者(M = 23.81;SD = 4.49)分发了问卷,并进行了探索性因素分析。发现了一个简洁且可解释的 6 因素解决方案,两个工具都显示出足够的因子负荷和足够的 Omega 系数。在第二项研究中,这两个工具以及其他已知社交网络使用相关因素和心理健康后果的测量方法在线上向 1418 名 18-34 岁的英语使用者(M = 21.35;SD = 3.89)进行了测试。两个量表都具有良好的心理测量学特性,并且在研究 1 中确定的因子结构通过验证性因素分析得到了再现。Omega 可靠性系数是足够的。最后,在对法语(n = 1826)和西班牙语(n = 3040)样本进行多组 CFA 时,支持语言和性别不变性。与其他相关测量方法的相关性表明,这两个量表具有良好的聚合效度。
本研究为进一步研究 Instagram 使用行为提供了具有心理测量学依据的工具。