Analysis of Social Anxiety Measuring Tools for Social Media X Users

Abstract

This study aims to develop and test the validity of social anxiety measurement tools based on the theory of La Greca and Lopes (1998), in the context of social media user’s "X". The initial instrument consisted of 12 items designed to measure social anxiety among 141 active users of social media "X". Through the analysis of discrimination power, 2 items were found not to meet the expected criteria and were declared disqualified. The final results showed that the remaining 10 items were able to accurately and uniquely measure social anxiety in respondents with the social media user characteristic "X". This measure shows high validity and is reliable for assessing the level of social anxiety among social media user’s 'X". These findings are important for understanding the dynamics of social anxiety in the context of increasing social media use.