Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Facebook addiction test

  • This just in: Facebook is addicting. Well, unless youve been living under a rock for the past few years, then you probably already know that. But now, there is definitive proof.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Some people cant stop friending, tagging, poking, and posting. Psychologists say Facebook addiction is real--and now it can be measured.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Theyve used those signs to develop a test to help you figure out of your suffer from a social media addiction.
  • (LiveScience.com)
  • A Facebook addiction test has finally been developed and published by researchers at the University of Bergen, in the journal Psychological Reports.
  • (Social Barrel)
  • Researchers from Norway have developed a new tool to measure this phenomenon -- the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS). In January 2011, 227 women and 196 men participated in BFAS tests.
  • (New Kerala)
  • Want to test yourself? The research team outlined six warning signs of a Facebook addiction and are scored 1-5 with the following scale: (1) Very rarely, (2) Rarely, (3) Sometimes, (4) Often, and (5) Very often.
  • (Digital Journal)
  • About the Scale In January 2011, 423 students – 227 women and 196 men – participated in tests for the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale.
  • (Medical Daily)
  • About the Scale In January 2011, 423 students – 227 women and 196 men – participated in tests for the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale.
  • (EurekAlert)
  • The Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale has been put together by leading psychologists Often and (5) Very often.
  • (Gizmodo Australia)
  • If so, youre not alone, and theres a new test to see if youre actually addicted to the website. Its called the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale. Participants answer six questions on a scale of one to five, one being very rarely and five being very often.
  • (KIVI-TV)

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