The Development of Self-Control Scale in Social Media

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a psychological scale of self-control in
social media. Self-control is the ability to control behavior and resist temptations
that arise from within so as to be able to take action to avoid unwanted
consequences, self-control has three aspects, namely the ability to control behavior,
cognitive control and decision control. The stages of this research include
confirming the measuring area by selecting the attribute of self-control, then
making a blueprint for the self-control scale to limit the concept of self-control.
Item writing refers to self-control indicators in social media, the content validity
test involves 3 raters and the readability test involves 4 respondents according to
the criteria. The data collection technique uses Convenien sampling, namely by
uploading the "Social Media" questionnaire link on social media accounts. The
reliability test on the self-control scale produces a Cronbach Alpha coefficient of
0.903, meaning that the reliability of the scale is very good. The final result of this
scale consists of 20 items.