Metrics of social curiosity: The WhatsApp case

Sousa, Alexandre M.; Almeida, Jussara M.; Figueiredo, Flávio

doi:10.1016/j.osnem.2022.100200

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“…On the other hand, social curiosity depends on environmental conditions such as innovation (Voss & Keller, 2013), social advice (Wu et al, 2016), social networks and online information consumption (Sousa et al, 2022), organizational contexts (Wagstaff et al, 2021) and judging visible features (Hartung & Renner, 2011) are mentioned in the related literature. In this context, it is thought that the Social Curiosity Scale, whose validity and reliability has been proven in Turkish culture, will contribute to research in many fields such as social psychology, psychological counseling, education and marketing.…”

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The Adaptation of the Social Curiosity Scale into Turkish: A Validity and Reliability Study

Elban

ASLAN

2022

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In recent years, interest in curiosity-related studies in the national education literature has increased. However, there is a research gap in the studies related to the social curiosity of individuals and measuring this type of curiosity. The current research aimed to adapt the Social Curiosity Scale (SCS) developed by Renner (2006) into Turkish to contribute to the national literature. Undergraduate and graduate students studying at Turkish state universities constitute the research sample. The original scale consists of ten items which form two dimensions. Sclae’s Turkish version’s exploratory (n=279) and confirmatory (n=310) factor analyzes were performed. In the exploratory factor analysis, the total variance explained by the two-factor and 9-items Turkish form is 63.70%. The first and second level confirmatory factor analyses confirmed the two-factor model (General Social Curiosity and Covert Social Curiosity) obtained before as a result of exploratory factor analysis. Finally, the whole process has revealed that the Turkish version of the Social Curiosity Scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool that measures the social curiosity level of individuals. It is thought that the scale will contribute to research in many fields such as psychological counseling, media research, and education.

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