Diagnosis of Cyber-Communicative Addiction Test - the question form
Questions: 20 · 4 minutes
1. How often are you continuously online for more than 2 hours per day?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
2. How often do you feel an irresistible urge to use social media?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
3. How often do you spend time thinking about the social network and planning what you will do on it?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
4. How often do you use social networking to escape from personal problems?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
5. How often do you refresh the page?
1 - Very rarely
2 - Sometimes
3 - Often
4 - Very often
5 - Always
6. How often do you feel irritable and restless when you are unable to visit your social media page?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
7. How often do you feel a need to check for updates on your page, regardless of where you are?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
8. How often do you add people you do not know to your friends list?
1 - Very rarely
2 - Sometimes
3 - Often
4 - Very often
5 - Always
9. How often do you shout, swear, or otherwise show irritation when someone tries to distract you from being on a social networking site?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
10. How often, when you are not at a computer, do you use abbreviations such as "thx" or "pls"?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
11. How often do you feel the need to upload photos to your social media album?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
12. How often do you check your phone for updates on social media?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
13. How often do you get all your news from social media?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
14. How often do you oversleep and miss classes after spending the night on social media?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
15. How often does visiting social media improve your mood?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
16. How often, when you are with friends, do you discuss news from social media?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
17. How often do you try unsuccessfully to reduce the amount of time you spend on social media?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
18. How often do you change your social media status?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always
19. How often do you feel distressed when your preferred social network is not working?
1 - Very rarely
2 - Sometimes
3 - Often
4 - Very often
5 - Always
20. How often do you nod in agreement and think, "Yes, exactly!" when reading another message?
1 – Very rarely
2 – Sometimes
3 – Often
4 – Very often
5 – Always