The Development and Validation of the Online Shopping Addiction Scale

Frontiers in Psychology

Haiyan Zhao¹ 

关键词: online shopping addiction;    behavioral addiction;    internet addiction;    compulsive buying;    scale development;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00735

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

We report the development and validation of a scale to measure online shopping addiction. Inspired by previous theories and research on behavioral addiction, the Griffiths's widely accepted six-factor component model was referred to and an 18-item scale was constructed, with each component measured by three items. The results of exploratory factor analysis, based on Sample 1 (999 college students) and confirmatory factor analysis, based on Sample 2 (854 college students) showed the Griffiths's substantive six-factor structure underlay the online shopping addiction scale. Cronbach's alpha suggested that the resulting scale was highly reliable. Concurrent validity, based on Sample 3 (328 college students), was also satisfactory as indicated by correlations between the scale and measures of similar constructs. Finally, self-perceived online shopping addiction can be predicted to a relatively high degree. The present 18-item scale is a solid theory-based instrument to empirically measure online shopping addiction and can be used for understanding the phenomena among young adults.

【 授权许可】

CC BY