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Complete the Social Media Disorder scaleLinks to an external site..  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?

I scored a 1/9 with the only question I answered yes to being question 4. I feel like this scale is very effective when trying to find out if a person is a disordered social media user. The questions are very clear and concise meaning that a person who is dealing with this can easily determine what the problem is. I think different patterns are found around the world because there are different social media usage throughout the world, also different exposures. Somebody who is in the U.S. might not have the same access to something that is only streamed in Korea, or vice versa. Meaning that the pattern for usage and the mental effects it has on people can vary.