The development and validation of digital amnesia scale
- Title
- The development and validation of digital amnesia scale
- Creator
- Robert S.J.; Kadhiravan S.; McKay D.
- Description
- The usage of digital devices has increased rapidly in recent times due to the expansion of online learning platforms, leading to greater reliance on them. As a result, people forget simple information, dates, and appointments that might lead to digital amnesia. Hence, we aimed to develop and validate a digital amnesia scale (DAS). The study was carried out in two studies. In the first study, we collected data from 616 college students to examine the factor structure of the model and its underlying dimensions for a large pool of items. These analyses showed that the scale formed a three-dimensional structure: digital distraction, digital dependency, and digital detox. In the second study, we collected data from 383 college students to confirm the three-factor structure of the DAS. A satisfactory level of reliability was demonstrated by McDonalds ? value for the dimensions. The testretest reliability was found to be 0.76. The DAS had satisfactory convergent and discriminant validity. This scale could be useful for both researchers and educators to assess digital amnesia among college students. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2024.
- Source
- Current Psychology, Vol-43, No. 22, pp. 19594-19603.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- Springer
- Subject
- Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Dependency; Detoxification; Digital Amnesia Scale (DAS); Distraction; Exploratory factor analysis (EFA)
- Coverage
- Robert S.J., Department of Psychology, Christ University, Karnataka, Bangalore, 560060, India; Kadhiravan S., Department of Psychology, Periyar University, Salem, 636 011, India; McKay D., Department of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, NY, United States
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 10461310
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Robert S.J.; Kadhiravan S.; McKay D., “The development and validation of digital amnesia scale,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/13073.