Development and Validation of Social Anxiety Scale for Social Media Users

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Highlights:

• Social Anxiety Scale for Social Media Users was developed and validated.

• A four-factor structure was proposed.

• Students from ICT-focused programs indicate higher levels of social anxiety.

• Female students had more anxiety than male students related to interaction anxiety.

• Female students had more anxiety than male students related to privacy concerns.

摘要

•Social Anxiety Scale for Social Media Users was developed and validated.•A four-factor structure was proposed.•Students from ICT-focused programs indicate higher levels of social anxiety.•Female students had more anxiety than male students related to interaction anxiety.•Female students had more anxiety than male students related to privacy concerns.

论文关键词:Social anxiety,Social media,Social media users,Scale development,Scale validation

论文评审过程:Received 9 May 2016, Revised 1 March 2017, Accepted 2 March 2017, Available online 3 March 2017, Version of Record 7 March 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.011