Cyber Relationship Motives

CYBER RELATIONSHIP MOTIVES: SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION.

Authors:

CHIH-CHIEN WANG¹ wangson@mail.ntpu.edu.tw
YA-TING CHANG¹

Source:

Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal; 2010, Vol. 38 Issue 3, p289-300, 12p

Document Type:

Article

Subject Terms:

*INTERNET
*INTERPERSONAL relations
*SOCIAL psychology
*ONLINE social networks
*COMMUNICATION -- Methodology
*ANONYMITY
*SELF-disclosure

Author-Supplied Keywords:

cyber-relationship
online dating
online friendship

NAICS/Industry Codes:

517919 All Other Telecommunications
519130 Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers
518210 Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

Abstract:

In this study a Cyber-Relationship Motives Scale was developed and validated to see what motives drive people to make friends on the Internet. The scale was developed in 4 stages: item generation, purification, parsimony, and scale validation. As results of a 4-stage empirical study 9 factors involved in cyber-relationship motives were proposed: anonymity, the opportunity to meet new people, easier communication, curiosity, emotional support, social compensation, away from the real world, love, and sexual partners. These 9 motives were then grouped into 3 dimensions: adventure, escape to a virtual world, and romance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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