Adaptation of fear of missing out scale (FoMOs): Turkish version validity and reliability study

Abstract Background The aim of this study is to examine psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the fear of missing out scale (FoMOs) on three different study groups. Method We conducted the construct validity of the Turkish FoMOs with confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance (...

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Main Authors: Gurhan Can, Seydi Ahmet Satici
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41155-019-0117-4
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Seydi Ahmet Satici
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description Abstract Background The aim of this study is to examine psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the fear of missing out scale (FoMOs) on three different study groups. Method We conducted the construct validity of the Turkish FoMOs with confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance (study I; n = 354), and concurrent validity (study II; n = 371). We also evaluated the reliability of the Turkish FoMOs (study III; n = 61) using test-retest and Cronbach alpha reliability. Results In study I, the confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the one-dimensional structure of the Turkish version of the FoMOs was verified. The results of measurement analysis depending on the sample of study I demonstrated that configural and metric invariances were established across Facebook and other social media users. The Cronbach alpha values calculated from the samples of study I (α = .79) and study II (α = .78) indicated that internal consistency of the scale was at the acceptable level. Lastly, test-retest reliability of the scale was found as .86 from the study III. Conclusion Overall findings indicated that the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of FoMO scale were satisfactory to measure the FoMO in a wide range of ages in the Turkish context.
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spelling doaj.art-91fff09610604a0ca6adbbaa6ed8de922022-12-21T20:19:36ZengSpringerOpenPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica1678-71532019-01-013211710.1186/s41155-019-0117-4Adaptation of fear of missing out scale (FoMOs): Turkish version validity and reliability studyGurhan Can0Seydi Ahmet Satici1Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Faculty of EducationDepartment of Psychological Counseling and Guidance, Artvin Coruh University, Faculty of EducationAbstract Background The aim of this study is to examine psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the fear of missing out scale (FoMOs) on three different study groups. Method We conducted the construct validity of the Turkish FoMOs with confirmatory factor analysis, measurement invariance (study I; n = 354), and concurrent validity (study II; n = 371). We also evaluated the reliability of the Turkish FoMOs (study III; n = 61) using test-retest and Cronbach alpha reliability. Results In study I, the confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the one-dimensional structure of the Turkish version of the FoMOs was verified. The results of measurement analysis depending on the sample of study I demonstrated that configural and metric invariances were established across Facebook and other social media users. The Cronbach alpha values calculated from the samples of study I (α = .79) and study II (α = .78) indicated that internal consistency of the scale was at the acceptable level. Lastly, test-retest reliability of the scale was found as .86 from the study III. Conclusion Overall findings indicated that the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of FoMO scale were satisfactory to measure the FoMO in a wide range of ages in the Turkish context.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41155-019-0117-4Fearing of missing outSocial mediaPsychometric propertiesScale adaptation
spellingShingle Gurhan Can
Seydi Ahmet Satici
Adaptation of fear of missing out scale (FoMOs): Turkish version validity and reliability study
Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
Fearing of missing out
Social media
Psychometric properties
Scale adaptation
title Adaptation of fear of missing out scale (FoMOs): Turkish version validity and reliability study
title_full Adaptation of fear of missing out scale (FoMOs): Turkish version validity and reliability study
title_fullStr Adaptation of fear of missing out scale (FoMOs): Turkish version validity and reliability study
title_full_unstemmed Adaptation of fear of missing out scale (FoMOs): Turkish version validity and reliability study
title_short Adaptation of fear of missing out scale (FoMOs): Turkish version validity and reliability study
title_sort adaptation of fear of missing out scale fomos turkish version validity and reliability study
topic Fearing of missing out
Social media
Psychometric properties
Scale adaptation
url http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41155-019-0117-4
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