Table 1.
Previous measures of social networking usage.
| Authors | Year | Country | Constructs | Methods |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolar | 2009 | India | Self-Reflection and Image-Building, Utility, Information-Gathering and Problem-solving, Networking, Spending Leisure Time, Revisiting-Memories, and Peer Influence | Inferential Statistics and Principal Component Analysis |
| Jenkins-Guarnieri et al. | 2013 | USA | Social Behavior, Daily Routine of Users, and Emotional Correlation | Factor Analysis |
| Pornsakulvanich and Dumrongsiri | 2013 | Thailand | Passing Time, Friendship, In Trend, Relationship Maintenance, Entertainment, and Relaxation | Descriptive and Inferential Statistics |
| Shi et al. | 2014 | China | Basic usage, Interactive Usage, and Self-Display Usage | Inferential Statistics and Factor Analysis |
| Eid and Al-Jabri | 2016 | Saudi Arabia | Chatting and Online discussion, Creating Knowledge and Information Content, File sharing, and Enjoyment and Entertainment | Inferential Statistics and Partial Least Square (PLS) Method |
| Gupta and Basheer | 2018 | India | Academic, Socialization, Entertainment, and Informativeness | Descriptive Statistics and Factor Analysis |
| Shin and Lim | 2018 | South Korea | Information, enjoyment, social, Mood Regulation, Pastime, and Conformity | Inferential Statistics and Factor Analysis |
Source: Prepared by the authors