Form: Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, BSMAS

1 – Very rarely
2 – Rarely
3 – Sometimes
4 – Often
5 – Very often
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How often during the last year have you...

spent a lot of time thinking about social media or planned use of social media?
2
felt an urge to use social media more and more?
3
used social media to forget about personal problems?
4
tried to cut down on the use of social media without success?
5
become restless or troubled if you have been prohibited from using social media?
6
used social media so much that it has had a negative impact on your job/studies?

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The answer numbers are used only to label response columns. They are NOT scores and should not be used for calculating results.