Опубликована: Март 2, 2025

In the current research, YouTube Addiction Scale (YAS) developed by Pakpour et al. (2023) was adapted to Turkish culture, and scale's psychometric properties were examined. A cross-sectional survey conducted with 779 adults (Mage = 25.16 years, 56% female). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) performed validate whether original structure of YAS retained in version. addition, tests internal consistency, concurrent validity external criterion measures (Bergen Social Media Scale, Smartphone Application-Based Scale), gender differences analyzed. Jeffreys's Amazing Statistics Program (JASP) version 0.19.0 used for CFA consistency analyses, while IBM SPSS 25.0 employed remaining analyses. The consists six items, indicating that unidimensional aligns well culture. indicates good both validity. It shows acceptable levels can be as a reliable tool assess addiction future studies

Язык: Английский