Measuring internet skills in a general population: A large-scale validation of the short Internet Skills Scale in Slovenia

This study assessed the construct and criterion validity of short version Internet Skills Scale examined whether its four dimensions – Operational, Information Navigation, Social, Creative skills are influenced by a higher-order dimension general internet as one second-order factor. In 2018, face-to-face survey comprising 20-item 22 other items related to digital inclusion was conducted in sample 814 users Slovenia. The results exploratory confirmatory factor analyses, well multivariate methods, showed that is characterized high adequate convergent divergent validity. Acceptable observed for Operational Navigation skills. terms measurement invariance, data supported configural metric whereas scalar invariance not fully confirmed, suggesting older adults’ lower scores on were levels same way they among younger individuals. Last, provided original evidence construct, meaning single summative score could be created an measure individual’s