Development, psychometric validation, and cross-cultural comparison of the “Instagram Motives Questionnaire” (IMQ) and the “Instagram Uses and Patterns Questionnaire” (IUPQ)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Development, psychometric validation, and cross-cultural comparison of the “Instagram Motives Questionnaire” (IMQ) and the “Instagram Uses and Patterns Questionnaire” (IUPQ)

Published:2023-03-30 Issue:1 Volume:12 Page:105-127
ISSN:2062-5871
Container-title:Journal of Behavioral Addictions
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Author:

Romero Saletti Silvana Melissa¹^ORCID,Van den Broucke Stephan¹^ORCID,Billieux Joël²^ORCID,Karila Laurent³^ORCID,Kuss Daria J.⁴^ORCID,Rivera Espejo José Manuel⁵^ORCID,Sheldon Pavica⁶^ORCID,Lang Cathryne P.⁷^ORCID,Zimmer-Gembeck Melanie J.⁸^ORCID,Zollo Palmyra¹,Courboin Clara¹,Diez Dominica⁹^ORCID,Madison T. Phillip¹⁰^ORCID,Ramos-Diaz Jano¹¹^ORCID,Eguia Elias César Augusto¹²^ORCID,Otiniano Fiorella¹³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

2. Institut de Psychologie, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Suisse

3. Centre d’Enseignement, de Recherche et de Traitement des Addictions, Hôpital Universitaire Paul Brousse (AP-HP), Université Paris Saclay, UR PSYCOMADD, Villejuif, France

4. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

5. University of Antwerp, Belgium

6. University of South Alabama, Alabama, USA

7. Griffith University, Australia

8. Griffith University and Menzies Health Institute of Queensland, Australia

9. ALTHAIA, Red Asistencial Universitaria de Manresa, Spain

10. University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA

11. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Perú

12. Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú

13. Universidad del Pacífico, Lima, Perú

Abstract

AbstractBackground and aimsSocial 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).Methods and resultsA 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.ConclusionsThe present research provides psychometrically sound instruments for further investigations on Instagram use behaviors.

Funder

Conseil de l’Action Internationale of the Université catholique de Louvain

Publisher

Akademiai Kiado Zrt.

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health,Clinical Psychology,General Medicine,Medicine (miscellaneous)

Link

https://akjournals.com/downloadpdf/journals/2006/12/1/article-p105.xml

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