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. 2022 Nov 3;19(21):14416. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192114416

Table 3.

Basic descriptions and reliability of Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS).

Items Mean SD Factor Loading Krewness Kurtosis Item–Total Correlation Cronbach’s Alpha If Item Deleted
BSMAS 1 2.64 1.03 0.51 −0.03 2.57 0.63 0.86
BSMAS 2 2.51 1.01 0.63 0.04 2.32 0.72 0.83
BSMAS 3 2.54 1.05 0.68 0.13 2.49 0.75 0.83
BSMAS 4 2.53 1.07 0.73 0.07 2.28 0.78 0.82
BSMAS 5 2.32 1.06 0.81 0.19 2.15 0.84 0.81
BSMAS 6 2.14 1.00 0.77 0.42 3.35 0.80 0.82
BSMAS score (range: 6–30) 14.68 4.68 0.12 2.74

(BSMAS 1: spend a lot of time thinking about social media or planning how to use it; BSMAS 2: spend a lot of time thinking about social media or planning how to use it; BSMAS 3: feel an urge to use social media more and more; BSMAS 4: use social media in order to forget about personal problems; BSMAS 5: have tried to cut down on the use of social media without success; BSMAS 6: become restless or troubled if prohibited from using social media).