Problematic Social Media Use Scale Test - the question form

1. I prefer communicating on social media to communicating face to face.

2. Communicating on social media is more comfortable for me than communicating in real life.

3. I prefer to communicate with people on social media rather than in real life.

4. I used social media to talk to someone when I felt lonely.

5. I used social media to feel better when I was feeling bad.

6. I used social media to feel better when I was upset.

7. If I have not logged on to social media for a while, I start having persistent thoughts that I need to check it.

8. If I lost access to social media, I would not know what to do.

9. I am preoccupied with intrusive thoughts about needing to check social media, even when I am not online.

10. I find it difficult to control how much time I spend on social media.

11. I find it difficult to control how much time I spend on social media.

12. I find it hard to resist an overwhelming urge to check social media when I am busy with something offline.

13. Social media has made my life more difficult.

14. Because I spent a lot of time on social media, I neglected my social life and other activities.

15. Using social media has caused problems in my life.