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CYBER RELATIONSHIP MOTIVES: SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION.
- Source :
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Social Behavior & Personality: an international journal . 2010, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p289-300. 12p. 1 Diagram, 5 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- In this study a Cyber-Relationship Motives Scale was developed and validated to see what motives drive people to make friends on the Internet. The scale was developed in 4 stages: item generation, purification, parsimony, and scale validation. As results of a 4-stage empirical study 9 factors involved in cyber-relationship motives were proposed: anonymity, the opportunity to meet new people, easier communication, curiosity, emotional support, social compensation, away from the real world, love, and sexual partners. These 9 motives were then grouped into 3 dimensions: adventure, escape to a virtual world, and romance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03012212
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Social Behavior & Personality: an international journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 48791124
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2010.38.3.289