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Cross-cultural validity of the psycho-social aspects of Facebook Use (PSAFU) scale

Published:2023 Issue:1 Volume:56 Page:31-62
ISSN:0048-5705
Container-title:Psihologija
language:en
Short-container-title:Psihologija

Author:

Jovanovic Tamara¹^ORCID,Bodroza Bojana²^ORCID,Orchard Lisa³^ORCID,Fullwood Chris³^ORCID,Kermani Hossein⁴,Casale Silvia⁵,Fioravanti Giulia⁵,Buljan Ivan⁶^ORCID,Hren Darko⁷^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

2. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

3. Institute of Human Sciences, Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

4. Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Austria

5. Department of Health Sciences, Psychology and Psychiatry Unit, University of Florence, Italy

6. Department for Research in biomedicine and health, School of Medicine, University of Split, Croatia

7. Chair of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split, Croatia

Abstract

The Psycho-Social Aspects of Facebook Use (PSAFU) scale was developed by Bodroza and Jovanovic (2016) to comprehensively measure psychological and social aspects of the users? Facebook (FB) experiences i.e. compensatory use of FB, self-presentation on FB, socializing, and seeking sexual partners through FB, FB addiction, and FB profile as the virtual self. The scale was previously validated on two Serbian samples. The aim of this study was to examine the validity of the PSAFU scale across multiple cultures, i.e. develop a version of the scale that would be suitable for the cross-cultural study of FB behaviors. The sample consisted of 1.632 respondents from Croatia, Italy, Iran, Serbia, and the UK. Administered questionnaires consisted of the PSAFU scale (Bodroza & Jovanovic, 2016), the Big Five Inventory (BFI; John et al., 1991), the Narcissistic Personality Inventory 16 (NPI-16; Ames et al., 2006), socio-demographic, and FB use questions (e.g., time spent on FB on a daily basis, frequency of posting, and number of FB friends). After some modifications and exclusion of the Virtual Self scale, the results of multigroup confirmatory factor analysis show that the PSAFU scale is cross-culturally invariant for the cultures included in this study and suitable for use in them. The remaining dimensions of revised PSAFU scale (PSAFU-R) have statistically significant relationships with measured personality traits and with indicators of FB use, although considerable cross-cultural variations were obtained.

Publisher

National Library of Serbia

Subject

General Psychology

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