Construction and characteristic of the <i>media exhibitionism</i> construct and the Media Exhibitionism Questionnaire

Abstract Introduction: Internet users often reveal online intimate details from their lives, such as pictures with naked parts of bodies or posts about emotional states. The first part the article presents an attempt to create media exhibitionism construct based on psychopathological criteria ICD-10. second psychometric properties Media Exhibitionism Questionnaire. Material and methods: After extracting 49 items, theoretical foundations construct, competent judges assessed accuracy individual items. This resulted in selection 20 statements. Then revised questionnaire was sent Facebook asking them fill it out send other portal. exploratory factor analysis (EFA) carried by method main components Varimax rotation N=65 persons, confirmatory (CFA) conducted N=554 persons. Results: EFA consisted 14 items 4 factors: physical exhibitionism, narcissistic traits, histrionic traits. four-factor solution adopted basis assumptions. chi2 value significant (χ2=286.01; p&lt;0.001), which indicated discrepancies between observed covariance matrix one implied model. Other indicators have shown a satisfactory agreement data Conclusions: has (α=0.846) can be used predict problem behaviours social media, well counselling regarding responsible development self-image Internet.