Purifying a Television Viewing Measure for Use in Consumer Socialization Research

Abstract

Aims: The purpose of this study is to report confirmatory factor analysis on existing previously validated scales, by means of validating a television viewing scale. Study Design:Survey. Place and Duration of Study:A survey was conducted in the Klang Valley in Malaysia for a period of four consecutive months. Methodology: The target population were college students (age ranged 19 -30 above) in public and private institution of higher learning. College students were chosen because generally they represented the future of a country as with a good education, they would become middle-class professionals.Of the 1,200 randomly selected university and college students 956 completed questionnaires were usable for the data analysis. A television viewing scale was modified and adapted for the study. Results: Using a combination of exploratory and confirmatory factor analytic approaches, this research replicated a television viewing measure. Initially, an exploratory factor analysis (N=956.) evaluated two solutions, ranging from 1 to 2 factors. Next, a confirmatory factor analyses, was used to examine the two �factor model identified by the exploratory factor analysis. A number of indices were used to evaluate the model fit. A confirma tory factor analysis of the factor structure of the adapted television viewing scale was conducted to assess whether the scale's purported 2 factors emerged. T he findings of alternative model comparison converge with the results obtained from factor analys is, which demonstrated that television