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Appendix A. Facebook Use Intensity Scale (FBUI)
Instructions: This section is about your Facebook use in general.
Please indicate to which extent do you agree with each statement (1= strongly disagree 2 = disagree 3 = neutral 4= agree 5= strongly agree)*
1. Facebook is part of my everyday activity
2. I am proud to tell people I’m on Facebook
3. Facebook has become part of my daily routine
4. I feel out of touch when I haven’t logged onto Facebook for a while
5. I feel I am part of the Facebook community
6. I would be sorry if Facebook shut down
7. About how many total Facebook friends do you have? 0 = 10 or less, 1 =
11–50, 2 = 51–100, 3 = 101–150, 4 = 151–200, 5 = 201–250, 6 = 251–300,
7 = 301–400, 8 = more than 400**
8. In the past week, on average, approximately how much time PER DAY
have you spent actively using Facebook? 1 = less than 1 hour, 2 = 1-2hours, 3 = 2-4 hours, 4 = 4-6 hours, 5 = more than 6 hours
*Unless provided, response categories ranged from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree.
**Individual items were first standardized before taking an average to create scale due to differing item scale ranges.
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