Abstract

MONTES-DOMINGUEZ, Jorge Luis et al. Development of the Social Networking Sites (Facebook and Whatsapp) Romantic Jealousy Scale. Acta de investigación psicol [online]. 2023, vol.13, n.2, pp.76-87.  Epub Nov 14, 2023. ISSN 2007-4719.  https://doi.org/10.22201/fpsi.20074719e.2023.2.488.

The purpose of this work was to develop and psychometrically validate a Scale to measure romantic jealousy on Facebook and WhatsApp, also evidence of non-differential function of the items by sex is presented in the form of a factorial invariance test. Two groups of Participants from Mexico City worked on, 300 for an exploratory factor analysis and 300 for confirmatory factor analysis and invariance testing. A structure was found with 24 items, adequate reliability (α .96) corrects fit [χ2 (246) = 433.99, p <.01; CF1 = .99; RMSEA = .05] and factorial invariance by sex, so it is concluded that the Scale is reliable, valid, and allows sex comparison by sex without bias due to measurement.

Keywords : Social networking sites; Couple; Romantic relationships; Measurement; Emotions.

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