Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale.

BSMAS

What it measures

Problematic social-media use via the six core addiction components - salience, mood modification, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict, relapse

Length and format

6 items. 5-point frequency (very rarely-very often, 1-5); summed 6-30 (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages incl. ES, IT, PT, ZH, AR, FA, TR, HU; very broadly used

Normative data

Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Andreassen, C. S., Billieux, J., Griffiths, M. D., et al. (2016). The relationship between addictive use of social media and video games and symptoms of psychiatric disorders. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30(2), 252-262.