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Does social media sometimes crowd out the rest of your life? The Social Media Disorder (SMD) Scale asks nine yes-or-no questions about the past year — preoccupation, losing control, escaping bad feelings, conflict and more. It takes about two minutes and gives you a 0–9 score with practical next steps.
Scientific background: van den Eijnden RJJM, Lemmens JS, Valkenburg PM. The Social Media Disorder Scale. Computers in Human Behavior 2016;61:478–487. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.038. Items as reproduced in Boer M, van den Eijnden RJJM, Finkenauer C, et al. Cross-national validation of the social media disorder scale: findings from adolescents from 44 countries. Addiction 2022;117(3):784–795, Table 1. doi:10.1111/add.15709. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Groups (0–1 normative, 2–5 risky, 6–9 problematic): Boer M et al. Assessment 2022;29(8):1658–1675 (CC BY 4.0). Changes: translated into Chinese; local social media examples added to the introduction as the HBSC template directs; presented as a web questionnaire. No endorsement by the authors is implied. Chinese: Treehole Hong Kong's own translation, not psychometrically validated (樹洞香港自行翻譯，未經心理計量驗證). Learn more
This result is for reference only and is not a medical diagnosis. The questions are reproduced from Boer et al. (2022, Addiction) under a CC BY 4.0 licence; the Chinese wording is Treehole Hong Kong's own translation, not psychometrically validated (樹洞香港自行翻譯，未經心理計量驗證). In a crisis, call the Samaritans Hong Kong 24-hour hotline on 2896 0000.
Social Media Addiction Test (SMD)
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We are interested in your experiences with social media. The term social media refers to social network sites (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Xiaohongshu) and instant messengers (e.g. WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Facebook Messenger). For each question, answer yes or no, thinking about the past year.
During the past year, have you…
Regularly found that you cannot think of anything else but the moment that you will be able to use social media again?
Regularly felt dissatisfied because you wanted to spend more time on social media?
Often felt bad when you could not use social media?
Tried to spend less time on social media, but failed?
Regularly neglected other activities (e.g. hobbies, sport) because you wanted to use social media?
Regularly had arguments with others because of your social media use?
Regularly lied to your parents or friends about the amount of time you spend on social media?
Often used social media to escape from negative feelings?
Had serious conflict with your parents, brother(s) or sister(s) because of your social media use?
Complete the assessment to open your report.
Results are for reference only and do not constitute a medical diagnosis — if you have concerns, please consult a doctor or mental-health professional.
