Evaluation of the selfitis behavior scale across two Persian-speaking countries, Iran and Afghanistan: advanced psychometric testing in a large-scale sample

Lin, C-Y, Lin, C-K, Imani, V, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524 and Pakpour, AH, 2020. Evaluation of the selfitis behavior scale across two Persian-speaking countries, Iran and Afghanistan: advanced psychometric testing in a large-scale sample. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 18, pp. 222-235. ISSN 1557-1874

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Abstract

Selfitis—which started off as a hoax but has now been investigated empirically—has been defined as the obsessive–compulsive desire to take photos of oneself and post them on social media. Furthermore, a scale to assess selfitis, the Selfitis Behavior Scale (SBS), has been developed. This study applied advanced psychometric testing methods, including confirmatory factor analysis (utilizing classical test theory) and the Rasch model (utilizing modern test theory), to examine the psychometric properties among Persian speakers (in Iran and Afghanistan). The participants (3163 Iranians and 1100 Afghanistani) completed an online survey posted on Instagram pages. The SBS showed promising properties, including satisfactory reliability (e.g., internal consistency and test–retest reliability), excellent construct validity (e.g., good fit in the CFA and Rasch models), and acceptable measurement invariance across Iranian and Afghan samples. Consequently, the SBS is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing selfitis among Persian-speaking samples.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
Creators:	Lin, C.-Y., Lin, C.-K., Imani, V., Griffiths, M.D. and Pakpour, A.H.
Publisher:	Springer New York
Date:	2020
Volume:	18
ISSN:	1557-1874
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s11469-019-00124-y DOI 124 Publisher Item Identifier 1115528 Other
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	27 Aug 2019 08:34
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2020 09:09
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/37460

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