Cross-national validation of the social media disorder scale: findings from adolescents from 44 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

There is currently no cross-national validation of a scale that measures problematic social media use (SMU). The present study investigated and compared the psychometric properties of the social media disorder (SMD) scale among young adolescents from different countries.

Design

Validation study.

Setting and participants

Data came from 222 532 adolescents from 44 countries participating in the health behaviour in school-aged children (HBSC) survey (2017/2018). The HBSC survey was conducted in the European region and Canada. Participants were on average aged 13.54 years (standard deviation = 1.63) and 51.24% were girls.

Measurement

Problematic SMU was measured using the nine-item SMD scale with dichotomous response options.

Findings

Con

SUBMITTER: Boer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7614030 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature