Research Article
Psychometric Properties and Validation of the Arabic Social Media Addiction Scale
Table 1
Means and standard deviations of Social Media Addiction Scale (original in Arabic).
| Variable | M | SD |
| (1) I often find myself using social media longer than intended. | 4.20 | .95 | (2) I often find life to be boring without social media. | 3.98 | 1.09 | (3) I often neglect my schoolwork because of my usage of social media. | 3.25 | 1.22 | (4) I get irritated when someone interrupts me when I'm using social media. | 3.25 | 1.20 | (5) Several days could pass without me feeling the need to use social media. | 2.66 | 1.32 | (6) Time passes by without me feeling it when I am using social media. | 4.18 | .94 | (7) I find it difficult to sleep shortly after using social media. | 2.89 | 1.28 | (8) I will be upset if I had to cut down the amount of time I spend using social media. | 2.89 | 1.19 | (9) My family complain frequently of my preoccupation with social media. | 2.90 | 1.37 | (10) My school grades have deteriorated because of my social media usage. | 2.44 | 1.24 | (11) I often use social media while driving. | 2.66 | 1.36 | (12) I often cancel meeting my friends because of my occupation with social media. | 1.67 | .97 | (13) I find myself thinking about what happened in social media when I am away from them. | 3.03 | 1.24 | (14) I feel my social media usage has increased significantly since I began using them. | 3.67 | 1.15 |
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; range = 1–5.
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