Development of a Risk Assessment Scale for Misinformation Sharing

Abstract

This study aimed to develop a risk assessment scale for misinformation sharing. In Study 1, exploratory factor analyses (n = 150) led to the extraction of two factors: “the risk of spreading” and “the risk of influencing.” The reliability and construct validity were adequate. In Study 2, the factor structure of the scale was confirmed using confirmatory factor analyses (n = 962). Construct and predictive validity were confirmed by verifying that the scores corresponded to the frequency of Internet usage and performance on the writing task.