Validation of the Farsi version of the cyberloafing scale in Iranian university students

BACKGROUND: Despite its relevance in academic settings, the psychometric properties of the Farsi Cyberloafing Scale (CLS) remain underexplored. This study evaluated its factorial structure, measurement invariance, and convergent validity. METHODS: and RStudio through statistical methods including Cronbach's alpha, Pearson correlation coefficient, and confirmatory factor analysis. RESULTS: The results indicated that the Cyberloafing Scale had acceptable reliability (α = 0.92). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis confirmed five factors-sharing, shopping, real-time updating, accessing online content, and gaming/gambling-consistent with previous research (CFI = 0.96, TLI = 0.96, SRMR = 0.079, RMSEA = 0.058). Additionally, we found that the Cyberloafing Scale was positively correlated with social media addiction and rumination. Measurement invariance across different subgroups also showed a good model fit. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study suggest that the Farsi version of the Cyberloafing Scale has appropriate psychometric properties for assessing the extent of cyberloafing.