Exploring the Multifaceted Influences of Social Media Motivation on Online Relationship Commitment among Young Adults in Jordan: An Empirical Study

Table 1

(a) Operationalization of independent variables and (b) operationalization of dependent variables—online relationship commitment.

(a)

Factor	Statement	Source(s)
IS	(i) I use social media to obtain information about things that interest me	Lee and Ma [73]; Items; Khan [74] (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.860); Items
	(ii) I use social media to keep up with current issues and events
	(iii) Social media helps me to store useful information
	(iv) I use social media to learn about what is new
	(v) I use social media to learn how to do things
	(vi) It is easy to retrieve information when I need it from social media
GI	(i) I can provide others with information using social media	Khan [74]; Items (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.869); Baek (2011) = 6
	(ii) I use social media to contribute to a pool of information
	(iii) I use social media to generate ideas
	(iv) I use social media to share information that might be entertaining to others
	(v) I use social media to share hard-to-find information
	(vi) I use social media to share information that might be useful to others
ST	(i) I use social media to impress other users	Khan [74] (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.842)
	(ii) I use social media to make myself look cool
	(iii) I use social media because I want to be popular
	(iv) Social media allows me to express myself
	(v) Social media allows me to gossip
	(vi) Social media allows me to flirt with others

(b)

Factor	Statement	Source(s)
ORC	(i) I am committed to maintaining my relationships with others using social media; (ii) I want my relationships with other members using social media to last for a long time; (iii) I feel strongly linked to my relationships with other members using social media; (iv) I would feel upset if my relationships with other members of the social media that I use were to end; (v) I tend toward the long-term future of my relationship with other members using social media; (vi) I am proud of belonging to this online community through social media	Ma and Chan [46] (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.876)
SI	(i) Social media allows me to stay in touch with other users	Khan [74] (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.850)
	(ii) Social media lets me meet interesting people
	(iii) Social media makes me feel like I belong to a community
	(iv) Social media connects me with people who share some of my values
	(v) Social media lets me get more points of view
	(vi) Social media is a place to meet new people
	(vii) I express myself freely
	(viii) I fit in a group of people that shares the same interests
Relaxation	(i) Social media helps me to relax	Leiner [76] (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.920)
	(ii) Social media relieves stress
	(iii) Social media provides me with many hours of leisure
	(iv) Social media takes my mind off things
	(v) Social media helps me to escape from reality
	(vi) I use social media because I want to take a break
	(vii) I use social media because it helps me to forget my problems
BF	(i) I use social media to look fashionable	Rosaline [77] (Cronbach’s alpha: 0.823)
	(ii) I use social media to look stylish
	(iii) I use social media because everyone else is doing it
	(iv) I use social media not to look old and unfashionable