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The Dimensions of Facebook Addiction as Measured by Facebook Addiction Italian Questionnaire and Their Relationships with Individual Differences

Marco Elio TabacchiFabrizio ScrimaMaurizio CardaciBarbara Caci

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Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia GeneraleAdultMaleFacebookInternet addictionAdolescentPsychometricsSocial Psychologymedia_common.quotation_subjectIndividuality050801 communication & media studies050109 social psychologyYoung Adult0508 media and communicationsInternet addiction testSurveys and QuestionnairesHumansPersonalityTranslations0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSApplied PsychologyAgedmedia_commonAged 80 and overSettore INF/01 - Informaticasocial networkingCommunicationAddiction05 social sciencesGeneral MedicineMiddle AgedExploratory factor analysisConfirmatory factor analysisComputer Science ApplicationsBehavior AddictiveHuman-Computer InteractionItaly[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/PsychologyFemaleFactor Analysis StatisticalPsychologySocial MediaPersonalityClinical psychology

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Abstract The studies reported analyze the factorial structure of Facebook Addiction Italian Questionnaire (FAIQ), a variant of 20-item Young's Internet Addiction Test (IAT). In Study 1, we tested FAIQ psychometric properties using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). In Study 2, we performed a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to verify the FAIQ factorial structure identified through EFA. Results from CFA confirm the presence of a four-factor model accounting for 58 percent of total variance, plus a general higher order factor that best fits the data. Further relationships between FAIQ factor scores, personality, and Facebook usage have been explored.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-01-01Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2016.0073