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Doomscrolling Scale Test

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Understand how negative news scrolling affects your mood and stress in about 3 minutes. Get quick, clear insight to spot risk for burnout and guide healthier media habits.
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Questions: 153 minutes
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October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
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Doomscrolling (D)
Assesses the tendency toward prolonged, compulsive engagement with negative online news and its emotional impact.
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1 – 2: Low | 3 – 5: Moderate | 6 – 7: High
A score of 4 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting an occasional-to-frequent pattern of doomscrolling with a noticeable but not extreme impact on mood.
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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Anxious news consumers
41%OF USERS
People who find themselves compulsively checking negative headlines and notice increased worry, irritability, or sleep issues afterward.
Stressed professionals and students
34%OF USERS
Those juggling work or studies who use news scrolling as a break but end up feeling more overwhelmed and less focused.
Therapy and counseling clients
25%OF USERS
People exploring mental health concerns who want a quick screening to discuss information overload and coping strategies with a specialist.
BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.
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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
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Doomscrolling Scale Test

Doomscrolling Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs

cyberpsychology
social networks

This measure is designed to assess engagement in repetitive consumption of distressing news content and its perceived emotional impact. The Doomscrolling Scale is administered as a brief self-report questionnaire intended to support screening and research use.

Developed by Larry D. Rosen, it includes 15 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Respondents rate statements about their news-scrolling habits and related affective responses, with scores used to characterize the degree of maladaptive or excessive engagement. The Doomscrolling Scale should be interpreted in context and used as part of a broader clinical or psychosocial assessment rather than as a standalone diagnostic tool.

Author: Kimberly S. Young, Larry D. Rosen
Literature: Kross, E., Verduyn, P., Demiralp, E., Park, J., Lee, D. S., Lin, N., Shablack, H., Jonides, J., & Ybarra, O. Facebook use predicts declines in subjective well-being in young adults. PLOS ONE. 2013.; Sharma, B., Lee, S. S., & Johnson, B. K. The dark at the end of the tunnel: Doomscrolling on social media newsfeeds. Technology, Mind, and Behavior. 2022.
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