03 · Methods
How the study was run.
Participants
Sample
84
Undergraduates
38
Female
46
Male
~20.5
Mean age (yrs)
Traditional-age undergraduate students who reported regular social media use and identified as male or female. Participants completed all measures in a single session.
Instruments
Measures
BSMAS
Score range: 6–30
Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale
Six items measuring addiction-like social media use across the symptoms of salience, tolerance, mood modification, withdrawal, conflict, and relapse.
APS-S
Higher score = more procrastination
Academic Procrastination Scale — Short Form
Self-report measure of how often students delay academic tasks despite knowing the delay will be costly.
GAD-7
Score range: 0–21
Generalized Anxiety Disorder — 7
Seven-item screen for generalized anxiety symptoms in the past two weeks.
GPA
Brief custom items
Self-reported academic performance
Cumulative GPA range, satisfaction with recent progress, perceived delays in coursework, and on-time submission frequency.
Analysis plan
How the data were analyzed
- 01Descriptive statistics (M, SD, SEM, median, 95% CI) computed separately by sex.
- 02Pearson product-moment correlations among all key continuous variables (GPA, age, APS-S, GAD-7, BSMAS).
- 03Multiple linear regressions predicting GPA and GAD-7 from BSMAS, APS-S, sex, and their interactions.
- 04Significance evaluated at α = .05; effect sizes reported with each model.