Table 1.

Distribution of SN-PEQ Items

CV-SNS Item A peer…	Study 1					Study 2
	Once or twice	A few times	Once/week	More often	Skewness (kurtosis)	Once or twice	A few times	Once/week	More often	Skewness (kurtosis)
1. …I wanted to be friends with on a social networking site (i.e., MySpace, Facebook) ignored my friend request.	29%	6%	1%	1%	2.04 (5.37)	23%	7%	0%	0%	1.41 (.97)
2. …removed me from his/her list of friends on a social networking site.	35%	6%	1%	1%	1.68 (4.30)	36%	6%	0%	0%	0.88 (−0.20)
3. …made me feel bad by not listing me in his/her “Top 8” or “Top Friends” list.	19%	4%	1%	1%	2.68 (9.02)	4%	2%	1%	0%	4.20 (18.15)
4. …posted mean things about me on a public portion of a social networking site (SNS).	14%	4%	1%	1%	2.89 (9.41)	14%	5%	1%	0%	2.36 (4.60)
5. …posted pictures of me on a SNS that made me look bad.	27%	7%	1%	0%	1.47 (1.71)	14%	4%	1%	1%	3.25 (12.35)
6. …spread rumors about me or revealed secrets I had told them using public posts on a SNS.	6%	3%	1%	0%	3.82 (15.30)	12%	6%	2%	1%	2.78 (8.03)
7. … sent me a mean message on a SNS.	18%	9%	1%	1%	2.10 (4.56)	25%	9%	1%	1%	1.79 (3.48)
8. … pretended to be me on a SNS and did things to make me look bad/damage my friendships.	14%	2%	1%	1%	3.23 (13.55)	11%	4%	1%	1%	3.24 (12.32)
9. …prevented me from joining a group on a SNS that I really wanted to be a part of	3%	0%	0%	0%	5.67 (30.45)	5%	1%	0%	0%	4.04 (14.51)
10. I found out that I was excluded from a party or social event over a SNS (i.e., MySpace, Facebook).	24%	4%	1%	1%	2.18 (6.51)	15%	4%	1%	1%	3.11 (11.72)
11. … I was dating broke up with me using a SNS.	6%	1%	0%	1%	6.32 (52.40)	21%	4%	0%	1%	1.76 (2.12)
12. … made me feel jealous by “messing” with my girlfriend/boyfriend on a SNS (i.e., posting pictures together, writing messages on a Facebook wall, ranking him/her in a “Top 8 or “Top Friends”).	21%	8%	1%	1%	1.86 (3.46)	23%	9%	2%	1%	1.79 (3.33)