Development the online intimate relationship questionnaire for college students / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To develop the scale to measure online intimate relationship and test its validity and reliability for college students.Methods A total of 1 105 subjects were recruited in this investigation for 6 times.Based on literatures,open-ended questionnaire investigations,semi-structured interview and experts' opinions,item analyses,exploratory factor analyses,validity and reliability analysis were conducted to develop the scale.Results The self-made scale showed a second-order structure,including intimacy,passion and commitment dimension.Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model had good fit (χ2/df=3.47,GFI=0.92,NFI=0.90,CFI=0.92,TLI=0.90,IFI=0.92,RMSEA=0.08).The 3 dimensions had good internal reliability with Cronbach's α coefficients from 0.73 to 0.89 and retest reliability coefficients from 0.80 to 0.91.In addition,the scale had good external validity and convergent validity.ConclusionThe self-made scale has acceptable reliabilities and validities,which can be used to measure online intimate relationship for college students.