Adaptation of the social media self-presentation scale to Turkish culture: a psychometric validation study      
Yazarlar (3)
Arş. Gör. İsmail KUŞCİ Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Vedat Bakır
Dumlupinar Üniversitesi, Türkiye
İbrahim Arpacı
Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Current Psychology
Dergi ISSN 1046-1310 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SSCI
Dergi Grubu Q1
Makale Dili Türkçe
Basım Tarihi 09-2025
Cilt No 44
Sayı 21
Sayfalar 17105 / 17118
DOI Numarası 10.1007/s12144-025-08421-7
Makale Linki https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08421-7
Özet
This study aims to adapt and validate a measurement tool to explore multidimensional aspects of self-presentation on social media in the Turkish cultural context. The “Self-Presentation on Social Media Scale” (SMBSS) was adapted from the “Real, Ideal, and False Self-Presentation on Facebook” scale. However, the original sub-dimensions were restructured into three dimensions: “strategic impression management,” “real self-presentation,” and “online self-differentiation,” making them more appropriate to Turkish digital identity dynamics. Two independent samples were used in the study. The first sample used for Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) consisted of 259 participants (female 75.7%; mean age = 24.95, SD = 6.15). The second sample used for Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) consisted of 386 participants (female 79.3%; mean age = 21.92, SD = 4.39). Both EFA and CFA were conducted to …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Social media self-presentation | Scale validation | Psychometric properties | Cultural adaptation