Validation Study of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale On a Sample of Bangladeshi People
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The present study was designed to validate the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) in Bangladeshi culture in response to the scarcity of instrument for measuring Facebook addiction of Bangladeshi people. The BFAS was translated and back translated by following standard procedures. The translated version of the measure was administered, after pre-test, on a sample of 237 respondents who selected through non-probability sampling techniques. The psychometric properties were assessed by item analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, Pearson product moment correlation coefficients. Findings revealed that the Bangla BFAS had sufficient item-total correlation, internal consistency reliabilities (Chronbach’s Alpha, Split-half reliabilities), and testretest reliability. These findings suggested that the Bangla BFAS had sufficient level of reliability and validity and this measure could be applicable in Bangladeshi culture for screening out Facebook addiction.
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- Authors
- Ahmed, O., & Hossain, M. A.
- Corresponding author
- Ahmed, Oli
- ORCID
- Ahmed, Oli
- Venue
- Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
- Publisher
- OMICS Publishing Group
- Published
- 2018
- Volume
- 09
- Issue
- 06
- ISSN
- 2155-6105 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2912044956
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Keywords
- Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale, Facebook addiction, social media addiction, scale validation, Bangla translation, psychometric properties, reliability statistics, validity, addiction screening
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