An analysis of more than 1,400 articles, 900 scales, and 17 years of research: the state of scales in cyberpsychology, behavior, and social networking

Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking
Matt C Howard, Bradley S Jayne

Abstract

Cyberpsychology is a recently emergent field that examines the impact of technology upon human cognition and behavior. Given its infancy, authors have rapidly created new measures to gauge their constructs of interest. Unfortunately, few of these authors have had the opportunity to test their scales' psychometric properties and validity. This is concerning, as many theoretical assumptions may be founded upon scales with inadequate attributes. If this were found to be true, then previous findings in cyberpsychology studies would need to be retested, and future research would need to shift its focus to creating psychometrically sound and valid measures. To provide inferences on this concern, the current study examines the article reporting, scale creation, and scale reliabilities of every article published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking from its inception to July 2014. The final data set encompassed the coding of 1,478 individual articles, including 921 scales, and spanning 17 years. The results demonstrate that the simple survey methodology has become more popular over time. Authors are gradually applying empirically tested scales. However, self-created measures are still the most popular, leading to concern...Continue Reading

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Jul 12, 2003·Cyberpsychology & Behavior : the Impact of the Internet, Multimedia and Virtual Reality on Behavior and Society·Carlo Galimberti, Gloria Belloni
Sep 27, 2003·Cyberpsychology & Behavior : the Impact of the Internet, Multimedia and Virtual Reality on Behavior and Society·Gianluca CastelnuovoGiuseppe Riva
Feb 6, 2004·Cyberpsychology & Behavior : the Impact of the Internet, Multimedia and Virtual Reality on Behavior and Society·Monica Therese Whitty
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Feb 26, 2004·Journal of Clinical Psychology·Aaron B RochlenCedric Speyer
Mar 10, 2004·Cyberpsychology & Behavior : the Impact of the Internet, Multimedia and Virtual Reality on Behavior and Society·Dongseong Choi, Jinwoo Kim
Jul 15, 2009·Cyberpsychology & Behavior : the Impact of the Internet, Multimedia and Virtual Reality on Behavior and Society·Mark D GriffithsJonathan Parke
Oct 1, 2009·Cyberpsychology & Behavior : the Impact of the Internet, Multimedia and Virtual Reality on Behavior and Society·Neil MatthewsMark D Griffiths
Nov 18, 2009·The Journal of Applied Psychology·Alicia A StachowskiMary J Waller
Dec 2, 2010·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·James R Baker, Susan M Moore
Dec 22, 2010·The Journal of Applied Psychology·Brian C GuniaDishan Kamdar
Feb 19, 2011·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Erin E Hollenbaugh
Jun 10, 2011·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Hans-Peter TossmannEvelin Strüber
Nov 3, 2011·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·José A Carmona TorresRoberto Zárate
Dec 3, 2011·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Nina HaferkampJana Vanessa Kruck
Feb 7, 2012·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Cem Oktay Güzeller, Tolga Coşguner
Oct 2, 2012·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Jieun LeeIn Hyok Choi
Jan 5, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Mustafa Koc, Seval Gulyagci
Feb 1, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Werner WirthVeronika Karnowski
Feb 1, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Ercan DalbudakFatma Gul Yildirim
Feb 5, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Nicole L MuscanellShannon Murphy
Feb 27, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Sean D Young, Alexander H Jordan
Feb 28, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Nazir S Hawi
Mar 28, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Alessandro GabbiadiniChiara Volpato
Apr 12, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Rachel Grieve, Jade Elliott
Jun 19, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Ching-I Teng
Aug 29, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Olatz Lopez-FernandezWill Gibson
Sep 11, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Anouk den HamerMicha G Keijer
Sep 24, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Rachel KowertThorsten Quandt
Oct 10, 2013·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Yoojung Kim, Wei-Na Lee
Mar 13, 2014·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Héctor FusterRobert J Vallerand
Apr 12, 2014·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Karen Long, Xiao Zhang

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Citations

Jan 17, 2020·Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking·Christopher A Modica
Apr 16, 2020·Journal of Medical Internet Research·Meggy HayotteFabienne d'Arripe-Longueville
Mar 2, 2018·International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction·David A EllisFrancesca C Ryding
Apr 30, 2020·Health and Quality of Life Outcomes·Md Dilshad ManzarAhmed S Bahammam

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