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The Structure and Characteristics of Adolescents' Motivation in Micro-Blog Use

The Structure and Characteristics of Adolescents' Motivation in Micro-Blog Use

Li Lei, Xing Tan, Wei Wang
Copyright: © 2014 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 10
ISSN: 2155-7136|EISSN: 2155-7144|EISBN13: 9781466653108|DOI: 10.4018/ijcbpl.2014040106
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Lei, Li, et al. "The Structure and Characteristics of Adolescents' Motivation in Micro-Blog Use." IJCBPL vol.4, no.2 2014: pp.76-85. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcbpl.2014040106

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Lei, L., Tan, X., & Wang, W. (2014). The Structure and Characteristics of Adolescents' Motivation in Micro-Blog Use. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL), 4(2), 76-85. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcbpl.2014040106

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Lei, Li, Xing Tan, and Wei Wang. "The Structure and Characteristics of Adolescents' Motivation in Micro-Blog Use," International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning (IJCBPL) 4, no.2: 76-85. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijcbpl.2014040106

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Abstract

The present study aims to clarify the structure of adolescents' motivations in micro-blog use and develop the corresponding scale. The results show that: (1) Adolescents' motivation in using micro-blog contains 14 items which can be classified into four dimensions, namely Show-Extrication, Convenience-Communication, Information-Sociality, and Leisure-Expression. The scale is of good reliability and validity; (2) Girls' motivation is significantly higher than boys' in the dimensions of Show-Extrication, Convenience-Communication, and Information-Sociality, and in terms of Information-Sociality, the motivation of the second-year high school students are significantly higher than that of the first-year and third-year high school students.

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