Research Article

Psychometric Properties and Validation of the Arabic Social Media Addiction Scale

Table 2

Means and standard deviations of Social Media Engagement Questionnaire (SMEQ) (original in Arabic).

VariableMSD

In the past week
(1) How many times have you used social media 15 minutes before going to bed?4.942.35
(2) How many times have you used social media during breakfast in the morning?3.072.64
(3) How many times you used social media while eating dinner at night?3.672.62
(4) How many times you used social media within 15 minutes of waking up in the morning?4.262.64
(5) How many times you used social media while eating lunch?3.002.64

; range = 1–7.