Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale – Chinese Version

Description

Social media refers to applications that allow users to create personal information, invite friends to access this information, and promote online communication, networking, and collaboration, providing users with the potential to establish and improve relationships. Commonly used social media platforms abroad include Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, while in China, platforms like WeChat, QQ, and Weibo are more prevalent. Despite the differences in functionalities among various social media platforms, they share some common features, such as social interaction, relationship creation and maintenance, and self-presentation. Social media addiction refers to individuals’ excessive focus on social media, with strong motivation, resulting in considerable time and energy dedicated to its use, which leads to damage in social activities, interpersonal relationships, learning, work, health, and well-being (Andreassen & Pallesen, 2014). In China, there have also been numerous studies on social media addiction. For example, Zhang Yali et al. (2021) defined social media addiction as a social psychological phenomenon where individuals lose control over the intensity and duration of their social media use, resulting in physiological and psychological discomfort.

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Purpose

The purpose of this document is to examine social media addiction and to present the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), a widely used measurement tool in the field of social media addiction research.

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Administration Method and Scoring

The BSMAS is a simple, quick, and effective scale that helps researchers and clinicians assess the level of social media addiction in individuals. It consists of six items assessed using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = 非常少, 2 = 很少, 3 = 有时, 4 = 经常, 5 = 非常经常). The total score ranges from 6 to 30, with higher scores indicating greater levels of addiction to social media.

Reliability and Validity

The BSMAS has demonstrated high reliability and validity across different cultural contexts and non-English populations. Studies by Zhao Jing reported a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.78, while Cui Jingjing et al. obtained a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.81.

Factors and Subscales

The BSMAS consists of the following factors, each representing a dimension of addiction:
– 显著性 (Significance)
– 情绪改变 (Emotional Regulation)
– 耐受性 (Tolerance)
– 戒断 (Withdrawal Symptoms)
– 冲突 (Conflict)
– 反复 (Relapse)

Keywords

Social media addiction, Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, psychological phenomena, relational dynamics.

Items in Chinese

1. 我花很多时间思考社交媒体或计划如何使用它。
2. 我想要使用社交媒体的欲望越来越强烈。
3. 我使用社交媒体来忘记个人的问题。
4. 我曾经试图减少社交媒体的使用，但没有成功。
5. 如果被禁止使用社交媒体，我会变得不安。
6. 我使用社交媒体太多了，以至于对我的学习或工作产生了负面的影响。

Items in English

1. I spend a lot of time thinking about social media or planning how to use it.
2. My desire to use social media is becoming stronger.
3. I use social media to forget my personal problems.
4. I have tried to reduce my use of social media but have been unsuccessful.
5. I become anxious if I am prohibited from using social media.
6. I use social media too much, negatively impacting my studies or work.

References

– Andreassen, C. S., & Pallesen, S. (2014).
– Zhang Yali et al. (2021).
– Muench, F., et al. (2015).
– Andreassen, C. S., et al. (2017).