The Online Misinformation Susceptibility Scale: Development and Initial Validation.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Although it is known that widespread online misinformation has negative consequences, there is no scale to measure susceptibility to online misinformation. Thus, our aim was to develop and validate a tool for measuring susceptibility to online misinformation: the Online Misinformation Susceptibility Scale (OMISS). Methods: A comprehensive literature review was conducted to generate a preliminary pool of items. Subsequently, a multidisciplinary panel of experts assessed the content validity of these items. To establish face validity, cognitive interviews were performed. Both exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed to verify the underlying construct structure of the OMISS. We examined the concurrent validity of the OMISS by using a fak

SUBMITTER: Katsiroumpa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12428072 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature