Development of online media for avoidance coping scale

The study aimed to develop and validate an Online Media for Avoidance Coping Scale (OMACS) that measures the tendency to use online media as an avoidance/escape coping strategy against stress. A sample of 579 participants aged 17-35 years completed the to-be-developed scale as well as measures of disengagement coping, mental health, internet addiction, emotion regulation, need for cognition and social desirability.