What are people's relationships with social media?

Social Media Addiction is a 6-question measure of people's addictive tendencies towards social media. The questions measure 2 variables: The score of the questions and how many of the question's scores are equal or more than 3. This survey can be used to explore relationships between social media addiction and variables like age, anxiety levels, or time spent online. Past research suggests that problematic social media use increased significantly in low-income countries over the past 7 years, possibly due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Silvia Casale et al., 2023).

Resources:

Andreassen, C. S., Torsheim, T., Brunborg, G. S., & Pallesen, S. (2012). Development of a Facebook addiction scale. Psychological reports, 110(2), 501-517.

Silvia Casale, Mehdi Akbari, Mohammad Seydavi, Sara Bocci Benucci, Giulia Fioravanti. Has the prevalence of problematic social media use increased over the past seven years and since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic? A meta-analysis of the studies published since the development of the Bergen social media addiction scale. Addictive Behaviors, Volume 147, 2023. 107838, ISSN 0306-4603.

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Disclaimer
Any languages that are currently offered besides English for this survey are not necessarily validated translations. This survey was translated using Google Translate and verified by members of the community.
What data is collected? How is it scored?
The following variables are recorded:

Raw data: 6 questions combined to make 2 variables (BSMAS score and BSMAS items above three). The BSMAS score variable score ranges from 6-30 while the BSMAS items above three score ranges from 0-6.

Calculation:
Subscores are determined by adding the scores of the questions. The Likert scale ranges from 1 (""strongly disagree"") to 5 (""strongly agree""), so the average of the scores will also range from 1-5.

• BSMAS_score: Average of questions 1-6
• BSMAS_CountItemsAboveThree: Average of questions 1-6 (only applicable if participant score equaled or was more than 3 (i.e sometimes) for question).
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