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Social Media Disorder Scale (SMD Scale)
Please answer the question by thinking of your experience with
using social media (e.g., WhatsApp, SnapChat, Instagram,
Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Pintrist, forums, weblogs) in past
year. Answer the questions as honestly as possible. According
to DSM, at least five (out of the nine) criteria must be met for a
formal diagnosis of “disordered social media user”.
During the past year have you…

1. Regularly found that you can’t think of anything else but
   the moment you will be able to use social media again?
   Yes/No (Preoccupation). no
2. Regularly felt dissatisfied because you want to spend more
   time on social media? Yes/No (Tolerance). no
3. Often felt bad when you could not use social media?
   Yes/No (Withdrawal). no
4. Tried to spend less time on social media, but failed?
   Yes/No (Persistence). yes
5. Regularly neglected other activities (i.e. hobbies, sports,
   homework) because you wanted to use social media?
   Yes/No (Displacement). no
6. Regularly had arguments with others because of your
   social media use? Yes/No (Problems). no
7. Regularly led to your parents or friends about the amount
   of time you spend on social media? Yes/No (Deception). no
8. Often used social media to escape from negative feelings?
   Yes/No (Escape). no
9. Had serious conflict with parents, brother, sister (friends,
   relationships etc.) because of your social media use?
   Yes/No (Conflict). no
   9-item scale measures adolescents degress of addiction to
   social media. Based on scale from Internet Gaming Disorder
   found in the DSM-V, for preoccupation, tolerance, escape,
   persistence, withdrawal, conflict, problems, deception, and
   displacement. (n= 724), reliability good.
   Van den Erjnden, RJ.J.M., Lemmons, J.S., & Valkensburg P.M.
   (2016). The Social Media Disorder Scale. Computers in Human
   Behavior, 61, 478-487.

Watch this Video:
Social media and cybersecurityLinks to an external site.
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 met one of the nine criteria for a formal diagnosis of DSM. According to the scale, I do not fall into this category. The items used on the scale varies between behaviors and feelings that deals with social media use. These items include tolerance, withdrawal, persistence, deception, conflict, escape, preoccupation, displacement and problems. The patterns used by social media can be found across the world by including cultural differences, social norms and psychological influences. An example of this would be when the user rate of social media would be high cause it is so integrated into the everyday lives of certain cultures. The opposite of this would be when certain cultures require face-to-face interaction over using social media platforms.