Development of Internet Altruistic Behavior Scale for College Students

Abstract

Objective: To develop a scale of college students' internet altruistic behavior.Methods: College students were investigated by an open questionnaire in advance,and 57 items were compiled in the first-scale.Results: The scale consisted of 30 items.The exploratory factor analysis indicated that the scale had four factors explaining 54.647% of the total variance.The Cronbach's alpha coefficient,split-half coefficient and test-retest reliability for the scale were 0.937,0.891 and 0.859;the Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the dimensions ranged from 0.800 to 0.878,split-half coefficient from 0.781 to 0.858,test-retest reliability from 0.711 to 0.813.The confirmatory factor analysis showed the fit indexes: x2/df=4.27,RMSEA=0.07,NNFI=0.97,CFI=0.97,GFI=0.90.Conclusion: The scale of college students' internet altruistic behavior had satisfying reliabilities and validities,which can be used as a further research tool.