Abstract
The present study evaluates the psychometric properties of the Conflicts in Romantic Relationships Over Facebook Use Scale with a sample of Puerto Rican adults. A total of 300 Puerto Ricans participated in this confirmatory and psychometric study. The results confirmed that the scale has a multidimensional structure. These dimensions are: Partner Facebook intrusion, Conflict over Facebook use, and Jealousy over Facebook use. A total of 18 items complied with the criteria of discrimination and presented appropriate factorial loads (six items per dimension). The Cronbach’s alpha indexes of the dimensions ranged between 0.87–0.95, and the omega coefficients ranged between 0.88–0.95. In summary, the instrument has the appropriate psychometric properties to continue with validation studies, as well as to be implemented in various work areas, both theoretical and applied.
Highlights
Facebook (FB) is considered the most popular social network site (SNS)
The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the data in the hypothesized model presented a satisfactory adjustment and confirmed the tridimensional structure of the instrument, which suggests that it appropriately fits the theoretical conceptualization used by the author to develop the items of the instrument: partner FB intrusion, conflict over FB use, and jealousy over FB use
There is no instrument in Spanish or English that simultaneously assesses partner FB intrusion, the conflicts over FB use, and the jealousy experienced by people over FB use
Summary
Facebook (FB) is considered the most popular social network site (SNS). Statistics regarding daily use indicated that more than half of United States residents (53%) use FB several times a day, average access to FB is eight times per day, and 35 million users update their statuses daily [2]. This SNS has several implications on its users’ interpersonal life, given the opportunities that they encounter to establish new relationships and maintain current ones [3]. Regarding romantic relationships, excessive attachment to FB might generate conflicts, disagreements, discussions, and jealousy in the relationship [5,6,7,8]
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