Table 3.

Descriptive statistics and properties of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale items (part 2)

Country	BSMAS-Item	M (SD)	Min–Max	pm	rit	α without item	EFA load
Spain, N = 997	1	2.76 (1.20)	1–5	.551	.654	.815	.777
	2	2.63 (1.25)	1–5	.527	.752	.795	.849
	3	2.61 (1.30)	1–5	.522	.689	.808	.804
	4	2.32 (1.15)	1–5	.464	.539	.837	.673
	5	1.82 (1.08)	1–5	.364	.559	.833	.694
	6	1.69 (1.00)	1–5	.337	.577	.831	.704
Sweden, N = 1022	1	2.14 (1.15)	1–5	.428	.704	.884	.793
	2	2.18 (1.17)	1–5	.435	.758	.876	.835
	3	1.99 (1.19)	1–5	.398	.758	.876	.840
	4	1.91 (1.12)	1–5	.381	.689	.886	.788
	5	1.66 (.98)	1–5	.332	.763	.876	.847
	6	1.57 (.95)	1–5	.314	.699	.886	.798
United Kingdom, N = 1073	1	1.89 (1.05)	1–5	.378	.658	.846	.761
	2	1.95 (1.09)	1–5	.389	.774	.824	.850
	3	1.79 (1.10)	1–5	.359	.709	.837	.808
	4	1.86 (1.10)	1–5	.371	.611	.856	.731
	5	1.40 (.77)	1–5	.279	.674	.847	.793
	6	1.35 (.74)	1–5	.270	.620	.855	.748
United States, N = 1077	1	2.15 (1.21)	1–5	.430	.647	.855	.758
	2	2.18 (1.24)	1–5	.436	.746	.838	.835
	3	2.13 (1.27)	1–5	.426	.688	.848	.794
	4	2.07 (1.21)	1–5	.414	.585	.866	.705
	5	1.74 (1.12)	1–5	.349	.702	.846	.809
	6	1.67 (1.08)	1–5	.335	.683	.850	.793

BSMAS = Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale; M = Mean, SD=Standard Deviation, Min = Minimum, Max = Maximum; r_it = item-total scale correlation; p_m = item difficulty; α = Cronbach’s α; EFA load = loading of the items in the exploratory factor analysis