Social Media Engagement Questionnaire: SMEQ

Przybylski, Murayama, DeHann, & Gladwell (2013)

Participant Instructions

Please reflect on how you used social media (e.g. Facebook or Twitter) in last week and respond
to the following items.

Response Anchors

Not one day | 0

One day | 1
Two days | 2
Three days | 3
Four days | 4
Five days | 5
Six days | 6
Every day | 7

Items

1. How often did you use social media in the 15 minutes before you go to sleep?
2. How often did you use social media in the 15 minutes after you wake up?
3. How often did you use social media when eating breakfast?
4. How often did you use social media when eating lunch?
5. How often did you use social media when eating supper?

Calculating Individual Scores

Individual scores can be computed by summing responses to all five items and forms a reliable
composite measure (α = .82 to .89).

How to Cite

Przybylski, A. K., Murayama, K., DeHaan, C. R., & Gladwell, V. (2013). Motivational,
emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out. Computers in Human
Behavior, 29, 1814-1848.

Notes on Use
• Where and when possible, randomize the presentation order of these items.
• I am interested to hear about how the work is being used.
• This scale is provided free for personal and academic use.
• If you plan on using this in a commercial or for profit organization let me know and we can
work out a licensing arrangement.