Social networking time use scale (SONTUS): A new instrument for measuring the time spent on the social networking sites

Telematics and Informatics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 452-471

  Olufadi, Yunusa ^a  

^a KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Scale development; Social networking sites; Time of use; Validity

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; SCALE DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; TIME OF USE; VALIDITY;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

EID: 84947231285     PISSN: 07365853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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