Table 1.

Problematic social media use (PSMU) scale items and factor analysis results.

Complete Item	Factor loading
Spent a lot of time thinking about SM or planned use of SM?	0.76
Felt an urge to use SM more and more?	0.84
Used SM in order to forget about personal problems?	0.83
Tried to cut down on the use of SM without success?	0.80
Become restless or troubled if you have been prohibited from using SM?	0.83
Used SM so much that it has had a negative impact on your job/studies?	0.77
Cronbach’s α (internal consistency of items)	0.89
Factor 1 variance (assessing percentage of explained common variance)	0.65