Complete the Social Media Disorder scale. How did you score?  What do you think about the items in the scale?  Why do you think that different patterns are found across the world?

On the Social Media Disorder scale, I scored a 1 out of 9 which does not put me in the criteria to have the diagnosis of “disordered social media user”. Some of the items on the scale I think go beyond addiction, since social media addiction is real, I think if people are scoring above a 5, they have this addiction and could need help from being constantly online on social media. Some patterns are found more or less around the world because of the culture spread. Such as the United States for example, a good majority are online compared to another country which may not have as many people online. It all just depends but it is typically in the US and teenagers.