Quantum mechanics

Scale (ratio)

Engineering

Transport engineering

Cartography

Power (physics)

Computer science

Medical emergency

Psychometrics

Validity

Physics

Poison control

Psychology

Mathematics

Geography

Mathematical analysis

Reliability (semiconductor)

Medicine

Clinical psychology

Forensic engineering

Factorial

Exploratory factor analysis

Media Psychology

One popular concept to capture the experience of being immersed into the world of a story is that of transportation. This article examines the factorial validity of the Transportation Scale (TS) and introduces a short and psychometrically sound alternative for the assessment of transportation. Exploratory bifactor modeling in Study 1 (N = 179) provided support for the hypothesized factor structure of the original TS with three facets and a general transportation factor. Based on these analyses, a six-item short version of the scale, the Transportation Scale–Short Form (TS–SF), was developed. Study 2 (N = 131 and N = 246) as well as Study 3 (N = 301) corroborated the short form's factorial structure, reliability, and validity.

The Transportation Scale–Short Form (TS–SF)