The Escapism Scale; English version

(The Escapism Scale (Stenseng, Rise, & Kraft, 2012), English version).

What is your favorite activity? ______________________________

When I engage in this activity:

1) ... I continually try to learn new things about myself.

2) ... I try to forget the difficult things in my life.

3) ... I try to suppress my problems.

4) ... I often surprise myself in a positive way.

5) ... I want to escape from reality.

6) ... I want to escape from myself.

7) ... I open up for experiences that enrich my life.

8) ... I try to get to know myself better.

9) ... I shut out the difficult things I don’t want to think about.

10) ... I try to prevent negative thoughts about myself.

11) ... I am filled with a positive energy that transfers to other parts of my life.

12) ... I want to live in the moment.

13) ... I want to focus as much as possible on the activity.

14) ...I want to experience total concentration.

Self-expansion factor: items 1, 4, 7, 8, 11

Self-suppression factor: items 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10

Escapism criteria questions (optional to include): 12, 13, 14

Response scale (other Likert-scales may also apply), for example a 5 or 7 point):

1) Strongly disagree, 2) Moderately disagree, 3) Slightly disagree,

4) Slightly agree, 5) Moderately agree, 6) Strongly agree.
Eskapismeskalaen; Norsk versjon

(The Escapism Scale (Stenseng, Rise, & Kraft, 2012), Norwegian version).

Hva er din favorittaktivitet? Vennligst skriv den inn her __________________

Nå r jeg gjør denne aktiviteten:

1) ... lærer jeg positive ting om meg selv.

2) ... flykter jeg fra negative opplevelser i livet mitt.

3) ... forsøker jeg å fortrenge problemene mine.

4) ... hender det at jeg overrasker meg selv på en positiv må te.

5) ... ønsker jeg å flykte fra virkeligheten.

6) ... ønsker jeg å flykte fra meg selv.

7) ... å pner jeg opp for opplevelser som er bra for livet mitt.

8) ... forsøker jeg å bli bedre kjent med meg selv.

9) ... stenger jeg ute de vanskelige tingene jeg ikke orker å tenke på .

10) ... forsøker jeg å unngå negative tanker om meg selv.

11) ... fylles jeg med positiv energi som er bra for livet mitt.

12) ... ønsker jeg å leve i øyeblikket, eller i ”nuet”.

13) ... fokuserer jeg helt og fullt på aktiviteten.

14) ... ønsker jeg å bli oppslukt i aktiviteten.

Self-expansion factor: items 1, 4, 7, 8, 11

Self-suppression factor: items 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10

Escapism criteria questions (optional): 12, 13, 14

Svaralternativer (andre Likert-skalaer kan også brukes, for eksempel 7-punkts):

1) Helt uenig 2) Nokså uenig 3) Litt enig 4) Stort sett enig 5) Helt enig
The Social Media Escapism Scale/ The Streaming Escapism Scale

(Based on The Escapism Scale (Stenseng, Rise, & Kraft, 2012), English version).

I engage in social media:

1) ... to keep informed and learn to new things

2) ... to forget the difficult things in my life

3) ... to suppress my problems

4) ... to stay updated on things that are important to me

5) ... to escape from reality

6) ... to forget myself

7) ... to get information that enriches my life

8) ... to understand myself better

9) ... to shut out the difficult things I don’t want to think about

10) ... I try to prevent negative thoughts about myself

11) ... to get positive energy that transfers to other parts of my life.

12) ... I want to live in the moment.

13) ... I want to focus as much as possible on the activity.

14) ...I want to experience total concentration.

1) Never, 2), Rarely, 3) Sometimes, 4) Quite often, 5) Very often, 6) Always.