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Development and validation of a questionnaire (GHOST) to assess sudden, unexplained communication exclusion or “ghosting"
The topic of “ghosting” as a method of terminating a relationship has been discussed in both popular media and academic circles. Although research on this issue is scarce, the concept has acquired popularity and gained scholarly attention. A reliable and valid measure of this phenomenon does not, ho...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10361225/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37484221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17066 |
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author | Jahrami, Haitham Saif, Zahra Chen, Wen Helmy, Mai Ghazzawi, Hadeel Trabelsi, Khaled Natan Pires, Gabriel Bragazzi, Nicola L. Pandi-Perumal, Seithikurippu R. Seeman, Mary V. |
author_facet | Jahrami, Haitham Saif, Zahra Chen, Wen Helmy, Mai Ghazzawi, Hadeel Trabelsi, Khaled Natan Pires, Gabriel Bragazzi, Nicola L. Pandi-Perumal, Seithikurippu R. Seeman, Mary V. |
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description | The topic of “ghosting” as a method of terminating a relationship has been discussed in both popular media and academic circles. Although research on this issue is scarce, the concept has acquired popularity and gained scholarly attention. A reliable and valid measure of this phenomenon does not, however, exist. GHOST (The Ghosting Questionnaire) was designed and psychometrically tested to explore ghostee experiences. A total of 811 adults participated in an online survey to test this instrument. It was developed based on a thorough analysis of research on the topic of ghosting using a phenomenological qualitative method to identify ghosting domains and generate questionnaire items. In terms of content validity and construct validity, the final version of the measure was found to be satisfactory. GHOST was found to have adequate internal consistency - scores of 0.74, 0.74, and 0.80, indicating acceptable Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's omega, and ordinal's alpha coefficients, respectively. Factor analyses found the GHOST questionnaire to be a valid and reliable instrument that can be used for screening ghosting experiences and for designing community-based distress prevention and intervention programs. A dynamic fit index (DFI) cutoffs approach was also used and showed robust fitting. |
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spelling | pubmed-103612252023-07-22 Development and validation of a questionnaire (GHOST) to assess sudden, unexplained communication exclusion or “ghosting" Jahrami, Haitham Saif, Zahra Chen, Wen Helmy, Mai Ghazzawi, Hadeel Trabelsi, Khaled Natan Pires, Gabriel Bragazzi, Nicola L. Pandi-Perumal, Seithikurippu R. Seeman, Mary V. Heliyon Research Article The topic of “ghosting” as a method of terminating a relationship has been discussed in both popular media and academic circles. Although research on this issue is scarce, the concept has acquired popularity and gained scholarly attention. A reliable and valid measure of this phenomenon does not, however, exist. GHOST (The Ghosting Questionnaire) was designed and psychometrically tested to explore ghostee experiences. A total of 811 adults participated in an online survey to test this instrument. It was developed based on a thorough analysis of research on the topic of ghosting using a phenomenological qualitative method to identify ghosting domains and generate questionnaire items. In terms of content validity and construct validity, the final version of the measure was found to be satisfactory. GHOST was found to have adequate internal consistency - scores of 0.74, 0.74, and 0.80, indicating acceptable Cronbach's alpha, McDonald's omega, and ordinal's alpha coefficients, respectively. Factor analyses found the GHOST questionnaire to be a valid and reliable instrument that can be used for screening ghosting experiences and for designing community-based distress prevention and intervention programs. A dynamic fit index (DFI) cutoffs approach was also used and showed robust fitting. Elsevier 2023-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10361225/ /pubmed/37484221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17066 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Jahrami, Haitham Saif, Zahra Chen, Wen Helmy, Mai Ghazzawi, Hadeel Trabelsi, Khaled Natan Pires, Gabriel Bragazzi, Nicola L. Pandi-Perumal, Seithikurippu R. Seeman, Mary V. Development and validation of a questionnaire (GHOST) to assess sudden, unexplained communication exclusion or “ghosting" |
title | Development and validation of a questionnaire (GHOST) to assess sudden, unexplained communication exclusion or “ghosting" |
title_full | Development and validation of a questionnaire (GHOST) to assess sudden, unexplained communication exclusion or “ghosting" |
title_fullStr | Development and validation of a questionnaire (GHOST) to assess sudden, unexplained communication exclusion or “ghosting" |
title_full_unstemmed | Development and validation of a questionnaire (GHOST) to assess sudden, unexplained communication exclusion or “ghosting" |
title_short | Development and validation of a questionnaire (GHOST) to assess sudden, unexplained communication exclusion or “ghosting" |
title_sort | development and validation of a questionnaire (ghost) to assess sudden, unexplained communication exclusion or “ghosting" |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10361225/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37484221 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17066 |
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