Measuring the Impact of Social Media on Young People’s Mental Health: Development and Validation of the Social Media-Induced Tendency Scale

Table 3

(a) Construct validity for SMIDT. (b) Construct validity for personality and depression.

(a)

Items	Loading	CA	CR	AVE
Factor 1		.81	.82	.59
Sm31	.68
Sm20	.73
Sm28	.82
Sm22	.81
Sm16	.67
Factor 2		.76	.79	.66
Sm9	.60
Sm8	.82
Sm15	.79
Sm26	.99
Sm30	.62
Sm19	.61
Factor 3		.70	.77	.69
Sm24	.51
Sm29	.90
Sm23	.61
Sm27	.60

(b)

Variables	Dimensions	CA	CR	AVE
Personality	Extraversion	.76	.82	.59
	Agreeableness	.73	.79	.66
	Conscientiousness	.74	.77	.69
	Neuroticism	.79	.86	.71
	Openness to experience	.88	.91	.86
Depression	Depression	.87	.89	.88