Psychometric Properties and Validation of the Arabic Social Media Addiction Scale

Table 3

Exploratory factor analysis of Social Media Addiction Scale (SMAS).

Factors	Mean	SD	1	2	3
Factor 1: Social Consequences
(1) I get irritated when interrupted using SM.	2.90	1.20	0.513
(2) My family complain because of SM.	2.44	1.37	0.561
(3) School grades deteriorated because of SM.	1.67	1.24	0.669
(4) I often cancel meetings because of SM.	3.03	0.97	0.623
(5) I find myself thinking about SM.		1.24	0.531
Factor 2: Time Displacement
(6) I find myself using SM longer than intended.	4.20	0.95		0.637
(7) Time passes without feeling using SM.	4.18	0.94		0.660
(8) I neglect my schoolwork because of SM.	3.25	1.22		0.550
Factor 3: Compulsive Feelings
(9) I find life boring without SM.	3.98	1.09			0.616
(10) Days pass by without the need to use SM.	2.66	1.32			−0.525
(11) I will be upset if I cut down SM use.	2.89	1.19			0.522
(12) My SM use increased since when I started.	3.67	1.15			0.550
Eigenvalue			4.34	1.65	1.23
% of the variance explained			31.06	11.82	8.84
Cronbach's alpha			0.75	0.66	0.61

Notes: loadings < 0.50 were suppressed. Item wording was reversed for reliability analysis.