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

Table 11: Item loading, standard error, standardized loading and R2 for Attitudes sub-scales of MTUAS-PY

Item Factor Loading Std. Err. Std. Loading R2
I get anxious when I don't have my cell phone 
 F1 1.000  - .773 .597
I get anxious when I don't have the Internet available to 
me F1 1.052 .056 .868 .753
I am dependent on my technology 
 F1 .880 .055 .735 .541
Technology will provide solutions to many of our problems F1 .459 .043 .503 .253
With technology anything is possible F1 .576 .052 .518 .268
I feel that I get more accomplished because of technology 
 F1 .634 .049 .606 .368
I prefer to work on several projects in a day, rather than completing one project and then switching to another F2 1.000 - .749 .560
When doing a number of assignments, I like to switch back and forth between them rather than do one at a time F2 1.251 .093 .899 .809
I like to finish one task completely before focusing on anything else F2 -.738 .061 -.588 .346
I feel it is important to be able to find any information whenever I want online F3 1.000   .511 .261
I feel it is important to be able to access the Internet any time I want F3 1.562 .178 .737 .543
I think it is important to keep up with the latest trends in technology F3 1.681 .192 .705 .497
New technology makes people waste too much time F4 1.000 -  .694 .481
New technology makes life more complicated F4 .616 .083 .464 .215
New technology makes people more isolated F4 1.096 .148 .739 .547
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