Social Media Addiction Questionnaire, SMAQ Test - the question form
Questions: 15 · 3 minutes
1. How often are you continuously online for more than two hours a day?
1 – Constantly
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
2. How often do you feel an irresistible urge to log in to a social networking site?
1 – Constantly
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
3. How often do you spend time thinking about a social networking site and planning what you will do on it?
1 – Constantly
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
4. How often do you use social media to escape from personal problems?
1 – Always
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
5. How often do you update your social media profile?
1 – Constantly
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
6. How often do you feel irritable and restless when you are unable to access your social media page?
1 – Constantly
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
7. How often do you feel a need to check for updates on your page, regardless of where you are?
Constantly
Very often
Often
Sometimes
Very rarely
8. How often do you feel a need to add photos to your social media photo album?
1 – Constantly
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
9. How often do you check your phone for social media updates?
1 - Constantly
2 - Very often
3 - Often
4 - Sometimes
5 - Very rarely
10. How often do you get all your news from social media?
1 – Constantly
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
11. How often do you oversleep and miss work or school after spending the night on social media?
1 – Constantly
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
12. How often does using social media improve your mood?
1 – Constantly
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
13. How often, when you are with friends, do you discuss news from social media?
1 - Constantly
2 - Very often
3 - Often
4 - Sometimes
5 - Very rarely
14. How often have you tried to cut down your time on social media but been unable to do so?
1 – All the time
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely
15. How often do you feel distressed when your favorite social network is not working?
1 – Constantly
2 – Very often
3 – Often
4 – Sometimes
5 – Very rarely