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Evaluating Use and Attitudes Towards Social Media and ICT for Portuguese youth: the MTUAS-PY scale

Table 10: Item loading, standard error, standardized loading and R2 for Usage sub-scales of MTUAS-PY

Items Factor Loading Std. Err. Std. Loading R2
Check your Facebook page or other social networks 
 F1 1.000 - .857 .697
Check your Facebook page from your smartphone 
 F1 1.084 .029 .835 .734
Check Facebook at work or school F1 1.105 .050 .800 .766
Post status updates
 F1 .925 .045 .765 .833
Post photos
 F1 .837 .042 .748 .833
Browse profiles and photos F1 1.082 .038 .913 .560
Read postings
 F1 1.101 .039 .913 .586
Comment on postings, status updates, photos, etc 
 F1 1.065 .041 .875 .640
Click "Like" to a posting, photo, etc. F1 1.108 .039 .916 .538
How many friends do you have on Facebook? 
 F1 .724 .044 .653 .714
How many of your Facebook friends do you know in person? 
 F1 .362 .040 .396 .708
Send, receive and read e-mails (not including spam or junk mail) F2 1.000 - .836 .803
Check your personal e-mail 
 F2 1.057 .043 .896 .698
Check your work or school e-mail 
 F2 1.037 .046 .842 .157
Send or receive files via e-mail 
 F2 .984 .044 .845 .426
Read e-mail on a mobile phone 
 F2 1.014 .055 .733 .839
Watch TV shows, movies, etc. on a computer 
 F3 1.000 - .502 .252
Watch video clips on a computer 
 F3 .986 .069 .514 .264
Share your own media files on a computer 
 F3 1.004 .119 .502 .252
Search the Internet for news on any device F3 1.575 .144 .806 .649
Search the Internet for information on any device 
 F3 1.652 .146 .882 .777
Use apps (for any purpose) on a mobile phone F4 1.000 - .774 .599
Listen to music on a mobile phone 
 F4 .865 .055 .718 .516
Browse the web on a mobile phone 
 F4 1.182 .062 .860 .739
Check for text messages on a mobile phone 
 F4 .751 .056 .620 .384
Send and receive text messages on a mobile phone 
 F4 .801 .057 .651 .424
Record video on a mobile phone
 F5 1.000 - .650 .423
Take pictures using a mobile phone 
 F5 1.426 .123 .887 .786
Play games on a computer, video game console or 
smartphone with other people online 
 F6 1.000 - .738 .545
Play games on a computer, video game console or 
smartphone with other people in the same room 
 F6 1.022 .070 .823 .677
Play games on a computer, video game console or 
smartphone by yourself F6 .913 .064 .739 .547
Search for information with a mobile phone F7 1.000 - .850 .722
Check the news on a mobile phone
 F7 .813 .052 .705 .498
Get directions or use GPS on a mobile phone 
 F7 .256 .033 .370 .137
Watch video clips on a TV set 
 F8 1.000 - .899 .809
Watch TV shows, movies, etc. on a TV set 
 F8 .633 .075 .655 .430
Search the Internet for images or photos on any 
device 
 F9 1.000 - .876 .768
Search the Internet for videos on any device 
 F9 .930 .045 .831 .690
How many people do you regularly interact with 
online that you have never met in person? F10 1.000 - .730 .534
How many people have you met online that you 
have never met in person? F10 1.621 .183 .839 .704
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