Abstract
In the present study, the Turkish version of the Craving for Online Shopping Scale (TCOSS) was developed by modifying items on the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS). The sample comprised 475 adult volunteers (233 women and 242 men) from three different non-clinical samples recruited online. The structure validity of the TCOSS was examined utilizing exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and criterion validity testing. The EFA showed that the TCOSS had a unidimensional structure that explained 80% of the total variance. The five-item unidimensional structure of the TCOSS then underwent further testing using two different samples. First, the structure of the TCOSS was tested using CFA, which confirmed the unidimensional factor structure. Second, measurement invariance of the TCOSS was conducted through structural invariance, metric invariance, and scalar invariance across different samples. This demonstrated the TCOSS had measurement invariance across different samples (CFA and criterion validity samples). Criterion validity of the TCOSS was tested using the Internet Addiction Test-Short Form, Brief Self-Control Scale, Compulsive Online Shopping Scale, Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, and self-reported personal information. According to the criterion validity results, the TCOSS assessed the structure it targets. Cronbach’s α internal consistency coefficients of the TCOSS were .94 in the EFA sample, .94 in the CFA sample, and .96 in the criterion validity sample. When validity and reliability analysis of the TCOSS are considered as a whole, it is concluded that the TCOSS is a valid and reliable scale for assessing craving for online shopping among online shoppers.
Highlights
In the present study, the Turkish version of the Craving for Online Shopping Scale (TCOSS) was developed by modifying items on the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS)
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) The exploratory factor analysis (EFA) carried out on the TCOSS utilized data collected from 135 participants (66 females and 69 males)
Criterion Validity The criterion validity testing of the TCOSS utilized data from 209 participants (99 females and 110 males) by utilizing the IAT-SF (Internet addiction), BSCS, COSS, PANAS, and self-reported personal information
Summary
The Turkish version of the Craving for Online Shopping Scale (TCOSS) was developed by modifying items on the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale (PACS). There are differences in conceptualization, there appear to be common criteria for online shopping addiction Authors such as Griffiths (2005) have postulated that addictions consist of a number of common components. The mechanisms of substance and nonsubstance addictions have common characteristics Some of these are excessive time spent in the behavior, repeated unsuccessful attempts to cut down or stop the behavior, diminished control over the behavior, tolerance, withdrawal, and adverse psychosocial consequences (Bozkurt et al 2016; Grant et al 2010; Griffiths 2005). The presence of craving among individuals with a propensity for online pathological buying emphasizes that online shopping addiction can be placed within the category of nonsubstance/behavioral addictions (Trotzke et al 2015)
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