期刊名称：International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2163-1948
电子版ISSN：2163-1956
出版年度：2016
卷号：6
期号：5
页码：199-205
DOI：10.5923/j.ijpbs.20160605.01
语种：English
出版社：Scientific & Academic Publishing Co.
摘要：Background:The popularity of using Social Networking Sites and Facebook has grown all over the world in general and especially in Arab countries in the recent years. Despite numerous advantages of using Facebook in terms of optimizing communication and socializing among individuals, in certain cases it become problematic and engender negative consequences in daily life. Objective:As there is no single instrument tomeasure Facebook addiction in Arabic language, the goal of the current study is to validate an Arabic version of Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS). Methods: Arabic version of the BFAS was administered to a sample of 835 Facebook users (female =711, male =124; undergraduates =494, postgraduates=341) and analyses were performed. Results: As found previously for the original version, a one-factor model of the BFAS had good psychometric properties and fit the data well. Findings also revealed that the majority of sample are slight Facebook addictive (48.7%) and average Facebook addictive (46.7%). Very few students have severe Facebook addiction symptoms, it represents (1%) and normal Facebook addiction represents (5.5%). No differences were found between males and females in their Facebook addiction. Conclusions: The Arabic version of the BFAS seems to be a valid self-report to measure problematic use of social networking sites (especially Facebook).
关键词：Psychometric properties;BFAS;Arab university Students
