Scales

Sharabi, L. L., & Dorrance Hall, E. (2021). Conceptualizing and measuring

communication interdependence: The technology and face-to-face integration scale. Communication Methods and Measures, 15(3), 222-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2021.1894325 

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Instructions read: "How often do you use communication technologies (for example, phone calls, text messaging) to..."

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Preserve Continuity

1. Make plans for the next time you see your partner face-to-face?

2. Let your partner know you are thinking of him/her when you are apart?

3. Feel like you are together with your partner when you are apart?

4. Stay connected with your partner when you are away from each other?

5. Stay in constant contact with your partner when you cannot be together face-to-face?

6. Maintain your relationship with your partner when you are apart?

7. Show your partner you care about him/her when you cannot be together in person?

8. Find out what your partner is up to when you are not with each other face-to-face?

9. Keep a record of something nice your partner said or did for you in person.

10. Document your favorite moments with your partner face-to-face so you will remember them.

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Facilitate Togetherness

1. Look up information you are having a face-to-face conversation about with your partner?

2. Find the answer to a question you and your partner both have while talking face-to-face?

3. Ask your partner to look at something (for example, a text message or social media post) that relates to a conversation you are having in person?

4. Supply a topic for conversation when you are with your partner in person?

5. Talk about something you saw online when you are with your partner face-to-face?

6. Show something to your partner (for example, a text message or social media post) so you can have a face-to-face conversation about it?

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Turn Away

1. Avoid talking about certain topics with your partner in person?

2. Get out of doing certain activities with your partner face-to-face?

3. Do something else (for example, check your text messages or scroll through social media) when you are having a conversation with your partner in person?

4. Find an excuse to end a difficult conversation you are having with your partner in person?

5. Talk to someone else privately when you are alone with your partner in person?

6. Tell someone else who is not there about a conversation you are having with your partner face-to-face?

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Perpetuate Conflict

1. Continue a fight you were having with your partner in person?

2. Get the last word in after a face-to-face argument with your partner?

3. Rehash a conflict you have been having with your partner face-to-face?

4. Keep a record of something unpleasant your partner said or did to you in person.

5. Remind yourself of something your partner said in person that upset you.

6. Document your worst moments with your partner face-to-face so you will remember them.

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Create Tension

1. Confront your partner in person about something you saw on his/her social media that upset you?

2. Express frustration to your partner in person about not being able to reach him/her when you are apart (for example, because he/she does not respond to calls or texts).

3. Note something your partner said or did that irritated you so you can talk about it when you see him/her face-to-face.

4. Win an argument you are having with your partner in person?

5. Prove a point you are trying to make when you are with your partner face-to-face?

6. Show something your partner said was wrong when you are having a face-to-face disagreement?

7. “Check up” on your partner when you are apart (for example, by checking social media or using an app to track his/her location)?

8. Keep tabs on your partner when you are away from each other?

9. Make sure your partner is doing what he/she is supposed to be doing when you cannot be there in person?

Caughlin, J. P., & Sharabi, L. L. (2013). A communicative interdependence perspective of close relationships: The connections between mediated and unmediated interactions matter. Journal of Communication, 63(5), 873-893. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcom.12046​

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Channel Frequency​

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Instructions read: "In your relationship, how often do you communicate via..."

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Frequency of Technologically-Mediated Communication

1. Text messaging?

2. Phone calls?

3. Video chat (for example, Zoom, FaceTime)?

4. Internet chat?

5. Private Internet messaging (for example, email, private Facebook message)?

6. Public Internet messaging (for example, tweet, public Facebook post)?

 

Frequency of Face-to-Face Communication

1. Face-to-face contact?

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Integration

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Technologically-Mediated Into Face-to-Face Communication

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Instructions read: When you're talking with your partner face-to-face, how often do you refer to things...

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1. You’ve already talked about over text messaging?

2. You’ve already talked about over phone calling?

3. You’ve already talked about over video chat (for example, Zoom, FaceTime)?

4. You’ve already talked about over Internet chat?

5. You’ve already talked about over private Internet messaging (for example, email, private Facebook message)?

6. You’ve already talked about over public Internet messaging (for example, tweet, public Facebook post)?

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Face-to-Face Into Technologically-Mediated Communication

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Instructions read: When you're talking with your partner over __________, how often do you refer to things you've already talked about face-to-face?

 

1. Text messaging

2. Phone calling

3. Video chat (for example, Zoom, FaceTime)

4. Internet chat

5. Private Internet messaging (for example, email, private Facebook message)

6. Public Internet messaging (for example, tweet, public Facebook post)

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Segmentation

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Instructions read: "There are some topics we only talk about through..."

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Technologically-Mediated Segmentation

1. Text messaging.

2. Phone calls.

3. Video chat (for example, Skype, Facetime).

4. Internet chat.

5. Private Internet messaging (for example, email, private Facebook message).

6. Public Internet messaging (for example, tweet, public Facebook post).

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Face-to-Face Segmentation

1. Face-to-face contact.

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Difficulty Transitioning

 

Instructions read: How often do you experience discomfort when transitioning from..."

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1. Conversations with your partner that take place in person to technological channels (for example, text messaging, phone calls)?

2. Technological channels to conversations with your partner that take place in person?

3. One technological channel (for example, text messaging) to conversations with your partner that take place through another technological channel (for example, phone calls)?

Sharabi, L. L. (2021). Exploring how beliefs about algorithms shape (offline) success in online dating: A two-wave longitudinal investigation. Communication Research, 48(7), 931-952. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650219896936

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1. Matching algorithms really work.

2. I would trust a matching algorithm to find me a partner.

3. Matching algorithms lead to more successful relationships.

4. A mathematical formula can predict who I will be attracted to.

5. Matching algorithms are better than I am at finding me a partner.

6. Matching algorithms provide me with better quality partners.

7. Matching algorithms are more effective than traditional ways of meeting people.

Sharabi, L. L., & Caughlin, J. P. (2017). What predicts first date success? A longitudinal study of modality switching in online dating. Personal Relationships, 24(2), 370-391. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12188

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Self Assessment of Future Interaction

1. I would like to go on another date with this person.

2. I hope I never see this person again. (reversed)

3. I want to keep getting to know this person.

4. I want to talk to this person again soon.

5. I would like to spend more time with this person.

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Partner Assessment of Future Interaction

 1. This person would like to go on another date with me.

 2. This person hopes he (she) never sees me again. (reversed)

 3. This person wants to keep getting to know me.

 4. This person wants to talk to me again soon.

 5. This person would like to spend more time with me.

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Likelihood of Future Interaction

1. On a scale from 0–100%, where 0% means completely unlikely and 100%

means completely likely, what is the likelihood that you will go on another date with this person again in the future?