Development of social media addiction scale for COVID-19 pandemic (SMACOP)

• Main Authors: Lim, KQ, Zulkifli NA,, Karupiah G,, Miundy P,, Ng, Chong Guan, Low, SY
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2021
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18280/1/18_ms0529_pdf_15259.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/18280/; https://medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/16/2

The current COVID-19 pandemic and ‘new normal’ has resulted in much distress worldwide. Social media currently plays an essential role in information gathering. Thus, time spent on social media has increased drastically, further increasing the risk for internet-related addictions, such as soci...