Doomscrolling Scale Test - the question form

1. I increasingly feel an urge to look for bad news on social media.

2. I lose track of time when I read bad news on social media.

3. I repeatedly refresh my news feeds to see whether something bad has happened.

4. I stay up late trying to find more negative news.

5. Reading negative news on social media has become more of a habit for me.

6. When I am on social media, I feel tense, as if something bad is about to happen.

7. I constantly feel panic when scrolling on my device.

8. I find myself checking my news feeds without thinking to see if there is bad news.

9. Even when my news feed shows a message like “You have seen all the news,” I keep viewing news with negative content.

10. I find myself constantly scrolling through negative news.

11. In the mornings, I check social media to see what bad things have happened.

12. I feel that I have become addicted to negative news.

13. My browsing on social media likely makes my news feeds more negative.

14. I am horrified by what I see on social media, but I cannot look away.

15. It is hard to stop reading negative news on social media.