Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale · 60 sec · 6 items

The Social Media Addiction Test

Six questions. The Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, the same one researchers use in a thousand peer-reviewed studies. No signup, no spam.

Question 1 of 6

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The Social Media Addiction Test

...have you spent a lot of time thinking about social media or planned use of social media?

...have you felt an urge to use social media more and more?

...have you used social media in order to forget about personal problems?

...have you tried to cut down on the use of social media without success?

...have you become restless or troubled if you have been prohibited from using social media?

...have you used social media so much that it has had a negative impact on your job or studies?

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