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The Development of Online Friendship Scale

The Development of Online Friendship Scale

Avin Fadilla Helmi, Wahyu Widhiarso, Aftina Nurul Husna
Copyright: © 2017 |Volume: 7 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 2155-7136|EISSN: 2155-7144|EISBN13: 9781522514442|DOI: 10.4018/IJCBPL.2017100102
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Helmi, Avin Fadilla, et al. "The Development of Online Friendship Scale." IJCBPL vol.7, no.4 2017: pp.12-25. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCBPL.2017100102

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Helmi, A. F., Widhiarso, W., & Husna, A. N. (2017). The Development of Online Friendship Scale. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL), 7(4), 12-25. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCBPL.2017100102

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Helmi, Avin Fadilla, Wahyu Widhiarso, and Aftina Nurul Husna. "The Development of Online Friendship Scale," International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL) 7, no.4: 12-25. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCBPL.2017100102

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Abstract

This article discusses concept and measurement of online friendship in an Indonesian context. Online friendship is considered to be superficial due to the lack of face-to-face interaction and emotional intimacy. Based on grounded theory research, online friendship consists of five dimensions: caution, voluntariness, companionship, sharing, and mutual support (Study 1). UGM's Online Friendship Scale was developed as measurement of online friendship (Study 2). Initial set of items was administered to university students (N = 42) and resulted in 21 reliable items (r = .408-.687). Construct validity testing was appropriately used for the data (Bartlett's Test = 1174.1 (p<.05), KMO values = .837). CFA confirms that the online friendship scale is multidimensional. The factor loads came up with four dimensions: sharing (30.197%), voluntariness (8.576%), companionship (8.256%), and mutual support (7.769%). Sharing (information and knowledge) was the dimension with highest contribution, indicating online friendship serves more as means of networking between users rather than social bonding.

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