본 연구는 SNS 과다이용자들의 중독경향성 수준을 측정하기 위한 척도로서 '대학생용 SNS 중독경향성 척도'를 개발하고 타당화 하는데 그 목적이 있다. 먼저 SNS 중독경향성의 개념을 밝히고, 중독경향성의 구성요인을 현저성, 내성, 기분전환, 재발, 금단, 갈등, 일상생활장애, 가상세계지향성 8개로 규명하였다. 이후 7개 요인을 바탕으로 52개 문항을 개발 한 다음 요인분석을 실시하였다. 탐색적 요인분석을 통해 SNS 중독경향성 척도를 6개 요인으로 구분하여 31개 문항으로 구성한 후 본 조사를 실시하였다. 본 조사 대상은 남녀대학생 331명(연령: 17-29세) 이었고 문항분석, 신뢰도 분석, 탐색적 요인분석 결과 최종 4개 요인의 구조를 가진 24문항을 구성했다. 4개 요인은 일상생활장애 및 조절실패, 몰입 및 내성, 부정 정서의 회피, 가상세계지향성 및 금단이며 척도의 전체 신뢰도(Cronbach' α)는 .92였다. 개발된 척도의 공인타당도를 확인하기 위해 스마트폰 중독척도, 외로움척도, 우울척도와의 상관관계를 분석하였으며, 분석 결과 개발된 척도의 타당도를 확인하였다. 개발된 척도는 성별 및 이용시간, 이용빈도에 따라 유의한 차이가 있었으며, 외로움과 우울은 SNS 중독경향성을 예측하는 변인이었다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 추후연구를 위한 논의와 시사점을 제시하였다.
The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the 'SNS Addiction Proneness Scale for College Students', which can be used to measure the SNS addiction proneness. First of all, we have to clarify the concepts of SNS addiction, and derive at the eight factors: salience, tolerance, mood modification, relapse, withdrawal, conflict, disturbance of adaptive, and virtual life orientation. Then, 52 items were developed, based on 7 factors. We extract 6 factors from the SNS Addiction Proneness Scale after the Exploratory Factor Analysis at the preliminary item analysis. In the main survey, data from 331 male and female undergraduates (ages: 17-29) were analyzed. Item analysis, reliability analysis, and exploratory factor analysis are performed and we reach the final 4 factors composing of 24 items. The 4 factors were disturbance of adaptive life and control failure, preoccupation and tolerance, avoidance of negative emotions, and virtual life orientation and withdrawal, and reliability (Cronbach's α) was .92. Concurrent validity was conducted with other instruments such as the Smart phone Addiction Proneness Scale for Adults: Self-diagnosis, Loneliness Scale, and Depression Scale in order to confirm the newly developed instrument. The results demonstrated that the SNS Addiction Proneness Scale had appropriate degree of correlations with the existing smart phone addiction scale and related variables. And, loneliness and depression were used as the variables to predict the SNS addiction proneness. Lastly, based on these results, we discussed several values and limitations of this study and provided suggestions for further researches.
The purpose of this study is to develop and validate the 'SNS Addiction Proneness Scale for College Students', which can be used to measure the SNS addiction proneness. First of all, we have to clarify the concepts of SNS addiction, and derive at the eight factors: salience, tolerance, mood modification, relapse, withdrawal, conflict, disturbance of adaptive, and virtual life orientation. Then, 52 items were developed, based on 7 factors. We extract 6 factors from the SNS Addiction Proneness Scale after the Exploratory Factor Analysis at the preliminary item analysis. In the main survey, data from 331 male and female undergraduates (ages: 17-29) were analyzed. Item analysis, reliability analysis, and exploratory factor analysis are performed and we reach the final 4 factors composing of 24 items. The 4 factors were disturbance of adaptive life and control failure, preoccupation and tolerance, avoidance of negative emotions, and virtual life orientation and withdrawal, and reliability (Cronbach's α) was .92. Concurrent validity was conducted with other instruments such as the Smart phone Addiction Proneness Scale for Adults: Self-diagnosis, Loneliness Scale, and Depression Scale in order to confirm the newly developed instrument. The results demonstrated that the SNS Addiction Proneness Scale had appropriate degree of correlations with the existing smart phone addiction scale and related variables. And, loneliness and depression were used as the variables to predict the SNS addiction proneness. Lastly, based on these results, we discussed several values and limitations of this study and provided suggestions for further researches.
