Great Escape or Path to Self-Expression?: Development and Validation of a Scale of Motivations for Text Messaging

Autor/inn/en	Trub, Leora; Barbot, Baptiste
Titel	Great Escape or Path to Self-Expression?: Development and Validation of a Scale of Motivations for Text Messaging
Quelle	In: Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 53 (2020) 1, S.44-61 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0748-1756
DOI	10.1080/07481756.2019.1667244
Schlagwörter	Likert Scales; Questionnaires; Computer Mediated Communication; Self Expression; Motivation; Preferences; Young Adults; Anxiety; Personality Traits; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Test Validity; Scores; Handheld Devices; Self Esteem; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Racial Differences; Self Concept Measures; Personality Measures; Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Likert-Skala; Fragebogen; Computerkonferenz; Ausdruck; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Angst; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Testvalidität; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	The "Messaging Motivations Questionnaire" ("MMQ") is a concise 8-item measure, which consists of two subscales capturing people's typical motivations to text. The MMQ was developed through focus groups and item analysis based on a pilot study, followed by a larger validation study involving a sample of 982 young adults. Factor analyses supported a 2-factor structure, yielding highly reliable scale scores: "Escape," characterized by the wish to escape or avoid internal or external stimuli when texting; and "Express," characterized by the use of text messaging over richer forms of communication media to facilitate self-expression. Criterion validity of the MMQ scores was established using measures of problematic smartphone use, social anxiety, self-esteem, and the Big Five dimensions of personality. Women exhibited slightly higher scores on both subscales. There were no race/ethnicity-related MMQ score differences, and marginal age-related differences. The MMQ is a promising tool for counselors to better understand and discuss their young adult clients' texting behaviors, as well as for future research focused on texting behavior and its consequences. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01