العلاقة بين دوافع العلاقات الاجتماعية السيبرانية و المشاعر الافتراضية : دراسة في علم النفس السيبراني

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Objective: The present study aimed to examine the concepts related to the motives of cyber relationships, and the accompanied virtual feelings of people when they interact socially through cyberspace.

Also, the present study aimed to the verify the psychometric properties of two new scales in cyber psychology in the Arab environment.

Method: The participants were Umm Al-Qura University students (N = 335, male and female ; M=21.75; SD= 2.17) years.

They responded to the two scales: Cyber Relationship Motives(CRM) (Wang & Chang, 2010), and Virtual Emotional Questionnaire(VEQ).

Results: The results of the factor analysis showed 3 factors of (CRM), as well as 3 factors of(VEQ) that are showed significant positive among each other.

In addition to the gender differences between them were found.

Conclusion: The study revealed the quality of the psychometric properties of the two scales which are used, and the common properties between motives and cyber feelings, which give a new way for subsequent studies about cyber-self.