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  • Media Studies
  • Adolescent Development

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  • Viral internet challenges are a frequent phenomenon among adolescents.
  • There is a lack of validated tools to assess participation in these online challenges.
  • Understanding the motivations and prevalence of different challenge types is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate the Viral Internet Challenges Scale (VICH-S).
  • To determine the psychometric properties of the VICH-S.
  • To examine the prevalence of social, solidary, and dangerous challenges and their relationship with psychological variables.

Main Methods:

  • Exploratory factor analysis was used to establish the scale's structure.
  • Convergent validity was assessed using measures of Fear of Missing Out, nomophobia, Self-Online, and Emotional Attention Online.
  • The VICH-S was administered to 417 preadolescents aged 10-14 years.

Main Results:

  • The VICH-S yielded two factors: Challenge Satisfaction and Social Motivation.
  • Both factors showed significant positive correlations with Fear of Missing Out, nomophobia, Self-Online, and Emotional Attention Online.
  • Social challenges were most prevalent (80.3%), followed by solidary (20.6%) and dangerous challenges (7.7%).

Conclusions:

  • The VICH-S is a psychometrically sound instrument for evaluating viral internet challenges in preadolescents.
  • The scale can help researchers understand the motivations behind participating in online challenges.
  • Findings highlight the prevalence of social challenges and their association with psychological factors in young internet users.