Escala de Adição ao Facebook: estudos exploratórios de validade

Abstract

This paper intends to develop the first validity studies of a Portuguese version of Facebook Addiction Scale (AFS) by Koc and Gulyagci (2013). The study was carried out with a convenience sample (N=144), through a questionnaire made available online. Statistical analyzes of the results suggest that the scale has excellent psychometric properties, similar to those of the original scale. Analysis of the principal components, with varimax rotation, reveals the existence of a single factor, able of explaining 63,7% of the total variance, while the internal consistency analysis is .91 (Cronbach's alpha). This is an Open Access paper published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license (CC-BY-NC), which permits its use, distribution and reproduction in any media, with no restrictions, provided there are no commercial purposes and the original work is correctly cited.