ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2022
Addictive social media use during Covid-19 outbreak: Validation of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) and investigation of protective factors in nine countries.
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- The Digital Media-use Effects (d-MUsE) Model: A comprehensive framework for exploring/studying functional and dysfunctional effects on adolescent wellbeing.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Review
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- Social media addiction as a mediator of the associations between fear of COVID-19, mental health symptoms, and problematic alcohol use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- The association between depression and addictive social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of sense of control.PloS one · 2023Article
- The Protective Role of Resilience in the Development of Social Media Addiction in Tertiary Students and Psychometric Properties of the Slovenian Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Since the Covid-19 outbreak, addictive social media use increased in many countries. To better understand this development, a universal instrument for the assessment of addictive social media use is required. Against this background, we examined the psychometric properties of the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) in representative population samples in nine countries (
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