Factorial and construct validity of Portuguese version (Brazil) Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale

Silva, Hugo Rafael de Souza e; Areco, Kelsy Catherina Nema; Bandiera-Paiva, Paulo; Galvão, Pauliana Valéria Machado; Garcia, Anália Nusya de Medeiros; Silveira, Dartiu Xavier da

doi:10.1590/0047-2085000000193

Hugo Rafael de Souza e Silva

University of Pernambuco (UPE), Medicine College (Serra Talhada Campus, Mental Health and Primary Health Care Discipline, Practice Laboratory, Research and Evaluation in Mental Health), Serra Talhada, PE, Brazil.

Kelsy Catherina Nema Areco

Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Health Informatics Department, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Paulo Bandiera-Paiva

Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Health Informatics Department, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Pauliana Valéria Machado Galvão

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) Sergio Arouca Public Health National School (ENSP), Department of Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Health, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

Anália Nusya de Medeiros Garcia

University of Pernambuco (UPE), Biologic Sciences Institute, Recife, PE, Brazil.

Dartiu Xavier da Silveira

Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Psychiatry and Medical Psychology Department, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Address to correspondence: Pauliana Valéria Machado Galvão. E-mail: mscpauliana@hotmail.com.br

INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Hugo Rafael de Souza e Silva – Contributed to the conception, design, analysis and interpretation of the data, writing of the article and final approval of the version to be published.

Kelsy Catherina Nema Areco – Contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the data, relevant critical review of the intellectual content and final approval of the version to be published.

Paulo Bandiera-Paiva – Contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the data, relevant critical review of the intellectual content and final approval of the version to be published.

Pauliana Valéria Machado Galvão – Contributed to the analysis and interpretation of the data, relevant critical review of the intellectual content and final approval of the version to be published.

Analia Nusya de Medeiros Garcia – Collaborated in the conception and design, relevant critical revision of the intellectual content and final approval of the version to be published.

Dartiu Xavier da Silveira – Contributes to the conception, design, analysis and interpretation of the data, writing of the article and final approval of the version to be published.

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

The authors Hugo Rafael de Souza e Silva, Dartiu Xavier da Silveira, Kelsy Catherina Nema Areco, Paulo Bandiera-Paiva and Anália Nusya de Medeiros Garcia declare that there is no conflict of interest in relation to this article. The author Pauliana Valéria Machado Galvão declares receiving doctoral scholarship from the Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes/Ministry of Education), with a doctorate in Epidemiology of Public Health, Sérgio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation.

Variable	N	%
Gender
Female	88	24.5
Male	271	75.5
Study time
Full diurnal	356	99.2
Morning diurnal	2	0.6
Afternoon diurnal	1	0.3
Skin color
White	167	46.5
Black	22	6.1
Mulato	163	45.4
Yellow	4	1.1
Indigenous	3	0.8
Marital state
Single	343	95.5
Married	5	1.4
Widow	3	0.8
Divorced	1	0.3
Stable union	7	1.9
Escolarity
Incomplete high school	1	0.3
Complete high school	4	1.1
Incomplete higher education	350	97.5
Complete higher education	2	0.6
Post-graduation	2	0.6
Family income
Up to 3 minimum salaries (MS)	105	29.2
Between 3 to 10 MS	155	43.2
Between 10 to 20 MS	53	14.8
Between 20 to 30 MS	30	8.4
More 30 MS	16	4.5
Access local
Home	345	96.1
Work	45	12.5
Educational institution	242	67.4
Weekly connection time
Until 10 hours	114	31.8
Between 10 and 20 hours	138	38.4
Between 20 and 40 hours	44	12.3
More 40 hours	29	8
Do you use internet to maintain personal relationships?
Yes	153	42.6
No	206	57.4
Do you use the internet to pass the time?
Yes	221	61.6
No	138	38.4
Do you use the internet to get information?
Yes	335	93.3
No	24	6.7
Do you use the internet for convenience?
Yes	240	66.9
No	119	33.1
Do you use the internet for entertainment?
Yes	262	73
No	97	27

Dimension	Items	Item-Total Correlation
Salience	1.Spent a lot of time thinking about Facebook or planned use of Facebook?	0.69
	2.Thought about how you could free more time to spend on Facebook?	0.91*
	3.Thought a lot about what has happened on Facebook recently?	0.64
Tolerance	4.Spent more time on Facebook than initially intended?	0.52
	5.Felt an urge to use Facebook more and more?	0.71*
	6.Felt that you had to use Facebook more and more in order to get the same pleasure from it?	0.60
Mood modification	7.Used Facebook in order to forget about personal problems?	0.74*
	8.Used Facebook to reduce feelings of guilt, anxiety, helplessness, and depression?	0.70
	9.Used Facebook in order to reduce restlessness?	0.68
Relapse	10.Experienced that others have told you to reduce your use of Facebook but not listened to them?	0.62
	11.Tried to cut down on the use of Facebook without success?	0.83*
	12.Decided to use Facebook less frequently, but not managed to do so?	0.79
Withdrawal	13.Become restless or troubled if you have been prohibited from using Facebook?	0.73
	14.Become irritable if you have been prohibited from using Facebook?	0.81*
	15.Felt bad if you, for different reasons, could not log on to Facebook for some time?	0.61
Conflict	16.Used Facebook so much that it has had a negative impact on your job/studies?	0.47
	17.Given less priority to hobbies, leisure activities, and exercise because of Facebook?	0.64*
	18.Ignored your partner, family members, or friends because of Facebook?	0.59

		Salience	Tolerance	Mood modification	Relapse	Withdrawal	Conflict
Kendall’s Tau Coefficient	Salience	1.000	0.484^**	0.337^**	0.304^**	0.424^**	0.411^**
	Tolerance	0.484^**	1.000	0.329^**	0.497^**	0.448^**	0.398^**
	Mood modification	0.337^**	0.329^**	1.000	0.269^**	0.366^**	0.299^**
	Relapse	0.304^**	0.497^**	0.269^**	1.000	0.437^**	0.394^**
	Withdrawal	0.424^**	0.448^**	0.366^**	0.437^**	1.000	0.474^**
	Conflict	0.411^**	0.398^**	0.299^**	0.394^**	0.474^**	1.000

[1] Address to correspondence: Pauliana Valéria Machado Galvão. E-mail: mscpauliana@hotmail.com.br

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Factorial and construct validity of Portuguese version (Brazil) Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale

Validade fatorial e de construto da versão em português (Brasil) da Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale

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