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Validation of the Social Media Disorder Scale in Adolescents: Findings From a Large-Scale Nationally Representative Sample.
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- Development and validation of the Lebanese Social Media Dependency Scale (LSMDS): A cross-sectional study among university students.PloS one · 2026Article
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- Salience and tolerance are not indicators of problematic social media use: Evidence from the Social Media Disorder Scale and the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Article
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- The Impact of Social Media Disorder, Family Functioning, and Community Social Disorder on Adolescents' Psychological Distress: The Mediating Role of Intolerance to Uncertainty.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The effects of social isolation and problematic social media use on well-being in a sample of young Italian gamblers.Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- [Problematic digital media use and health literacy among schoolchildren in Germany. Findings of the 2022 HBSC Study].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2025Article
- On the edge of the social media landscape: associations with adolescent substance use and moderation by parental rules.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Social media threats and health among adolescents: evidence from the health behaviour in school-aged children study.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- From greenwashing to screenwashing?Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Review
- Neurobiological risk factors for problematic social media use as a specific form of Internet addiction: A narrative review.World journal of psychiatry · 2023Review
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Abstract
Large-scale validation research on instruments measuring problematic social media use (SMU) is scarce. Using a nationally representative sample of 6,626 Dutch adolescents aged 12 to 16 years, the present study examined the psychometric properties of the nine-item Social Media Disorder scale. The structural validity was solid, because one underlying factor was identified, with adequate factor loadings. The internal consistency was good, but the test information was most reliable at moderate to high scores on the scale's continuum. The factor structure was measurement invariant across different subpopulations. Three subgroups were identified, distinguished by low, medium, and high probabilities of endorsing the criteria. Higher levels of problematic SMU were associated with higher probabilities of mental, school, and sleep problems, confirming adequate criterion validity. Girls, lower educated adolescents, 15-year-olds, and non-Western adolescents were most likely to report problematic SMU. Given its good psychometric properties, the scale is suitable for research on problematic SMU among adolescents.
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