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