The Social Media Disorder scale.

During the past year, have you …
• regularly found that you can’t think of anything else but the moment that you will be able to use
social media again? no
• regularly felt dissatisfied because you wanted to spend more time on social media?
• often felt bad when you could not use social media? no
• tried to spend less time on social media, but failed? no
• regularly neglected other activities (e.g. hobbies, sport) because you wanted to use social media? no
• regularly had arguments with others because of your social media use? no
• regularly lied to your parents or friends about the amount of time you spend on social media? no
• often used social media to escape from negative feelings? no
• had serious conflict with your parents, brother(s) or sister(s) because of your social media use? no

How did you score? 0/9 What
do you think about the items in the scale? I think that they are reasonable things to look for if you are depending on social media to much. Why do you think that
different patterns are found across the world? Because different parts of the world use social media at different amounts.