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Jian-Ling Ma¹, ZhengCheng Jin¹, Chang Liu²

¹Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, China.

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|January 22, 2025

Summary

The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) and Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) demonstrate strong reliability for assessing social media addiction. Study characteristics like score variability and sample size influence, but do not invalidate, their consistency.

Keywords:

Facebook addiction Facebook addiction scale meta-analysis reliability reliability generalization

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Psychometrics
Digital Health

Background:

The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) is widely used for screening Facebook addiction.
Existing studies show variable reliability for the BFAS, necessitating further investigation.
The Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) is an adaptation requiring similar reliability assessment.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the reliability generalization of the BFAS and BSMAS.
To identify study characteristics associated with the reliability of these scales.
To provide evidence supporting the psychometric properties of these addiction assessment tools.

Main Methods:

A reliability generalization meta-analysis was conducted.
Data from 127 articles encompassing 173,641 participants were analyzed.
Cronbach's alpha values for internal consistency were pooled and analyzed for moderators.

Main Results:

Pooled Cronbach's alpha was 0.8535 for BFAS and 0.8248 for BSMAS, indicating good internal consistency.
Score standard deviation and sample size were significant moderators for BSMAS reliability.
No categorical study variables significantly impacted the alpha values for either scale.

Conclusions:

The BFAS and BSMAS are reliable instruments for measuring social media addiction.
The findings support the continued use of these scales in research and clinical practice.
Understanding moderators of reliability can inform future scale application and interpretation.