The Social Media Disorder Scale |
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Affiliation: | 1. Interdisciplinary Social Science, University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1001 NG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Spui 21, 1012 WX Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | There is growing evidence that social media addiction is an evolving problem, particularly among adolescents. However, the absence of an instrument measuring social media addiction hinders further development of the research field. The present study, therefore, aimed to test the reliability and validity of a short and easy to administer Social Media Disorder (SMD) Scale that contains a clear diagnostic cut-off point to distinguish between disordered (i.e. addicted) and high-engaging non-disordered social media users.Three online surveys were conducted among a total of 2198 Dutch adolescents aged 10 to 17. The 9-item scale showed solid structural validity, appropriate internal consistency, good convergent and criterion validity, sufficient test-retest reliability, and satisfactory sensitivity and specificity. In sum, this study generated evidence that the short 9-item scale is a psychometrically sound and valid instruments to measure SMD. |
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Keywords: | Social Media Disorder Social media addiction Problematic social media use Pathological social media use Social media use Internet addiction |
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