Social Media and Anxiety in Teens

For questions 4-10, we used the Hamilton Anxiety Scale to accurately represent the level of anxiety. In those questions, there are symptoms related to anxiety. Answer questions based on the severity of your symptoms using the scale 0-not present to 4- very severe.

Walker, G. (n.d.). Hamilton Anxiety Scale. Retrieved November 15, 2020, from https://www.mdcalc.com/hamilton-anxiety-scale

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* 1. What is your age range?

13-14

15-16

17-18

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* 2. How much time do you spend on social media a day?

0-2 hours

3-5 hours

6-8 hours

9+ hours

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* 3. What Social Media(s) do you have? Select all.

Instagram

Snapchat

Twitter

Facebook

Tik Tok

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* 4. Anxious mood: Worries/stress, anticipation of the worst, irritability,

0-not present

1-mild

2-moderate

3-severe

4-very severe

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* 5. Tension: Feelings of tension, easily startled, sensitive, trembling, feelings of restlessness, inability to relax

0-not present

1-mild

2-moderate

3-severe

4-very severe

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* 6. Depressed mood: Loss of interest, lack of pleasure in hobbies, depression, mood swings, lack of motivation

0-not present

1-mild

2-moderate

3-severe

4-very severe

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* 7. Fears: missing out, being left alone, strangers, crowds

0-not present

1-mild

2-moderate

3-severe

4-very severe

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* 8. Intellectual: difficulty staying focused, poor memory

0-not present

1-mild

2-moderate

3-severe

4-very severe

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* 9. Behavior during presentations: Fidgeting, restlessness or pacing, tremor of hands, sighing or rapid breathing/speech, lack of eye contact

0-not present

1-mild

2-moderate

3-severe

4-very severe

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* 10. Insomnia: Difficulty in falling asleep, broken sleep, unsatisfying sleep, fatigue upon waking, vivid dreams, nightmares

0-not present

1-mild

2-moderate

3-severe

4-very severe