In search of a measure to investigate cyberloafing in educational settings

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Highlights:

• Factor structure of a previous scale was not validated in educational contexts.

• Contemporary social networking behaviors were reflected through a new scale.

• The scale revealed five factors and explained 70.44% of the total variance.

• The new structure was confirmed across undergraduates and social networkers.

• Explained variance ranged from 52.31% through 67.05% in different samples.

摘要

•Factor structure of a previous scale was not validated in educational contexts.•Contemporary social networking behaviors were reflected through a new scale.•The scale revealed five factors and explained 70.44% of the total variance.•The new structure was confirmed across undergraduates and social networkers.•Explained variance ranged from 52.31% through 67.05% in different samples.

论文关键词:Cyberloafing,Cyberslacking,Scale development,Media in education

论文评审过程:Received 5 June 2015, Revised 14 October 2015, Accepted 3 November 2015, Available online 12 November 2015, Version of Record 12 November 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.11.002