A functional approach to social media assessment: Initial psychometric evaluation of the Social Media Use Functional Assessment

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This paper presents the initial psychometric evaluation of the Social Media Use Functional Assessment (SMUFA), a survey designed to categorize social media use by function, such as attention, escape, and sensory or tangible reinforcement. The study involved 357 university students and validated a three-factor model through factor analysis. It also reports correlations between SMUFA scores and established scales for social media disorder, addiction, and engagement.

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af35038191a84deb
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PubMed Central
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Albert Malkin (Western University), Mark J. Rzeszutek (University of Kentucky), Aly M Moscovitz (Western University), Kristina Axenova (York University), Erin Walker (Western University), Amanpreet Randhawa (Western University), Karl F. Gunnarsson (University of Iceland)
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2026-04-01
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10.1002/jaba.70062
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@article{allodium:af35038191a84deb,
  title = {A functional approach to social media assessment: Initial psychometric evaluation of the Social Media Use Functional Assessment},
  author = {Albert Malkin and Mark J. Rzeszutek and Aly M Moscovitz and Kristina Axenova and Erin Walker and Amanpreet Randhawa and Karl F. Gunnarsson},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PubMed Central},
  doi = {10.1002/jaba.70062},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70062}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A functional approach to social media assessment: Initial psychometric evaluation of the Social Media Use Functional Assessment
AU  - Malkin, Albert
AU  - Rzeszutek, Mark J.
AU  - Moscovitz, Aly M
AU  - Axenova, Kristina
AU  - Walker, Erin
AU  - Randhawa, Amanpreet
AU  - Gunnarsson, Karl F.
PY  - 2026
PB  - PubMed Central
DO  - 10.1002/jaba.70062
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70062
ER  -

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Malkin, A., Rzeszutek, M. J., Moscovitz, A. M., Axenova, K., Walker, E., Randhawa, A., & Gunnarsson, K. F. (2026). A functional approach to social media assessment: Initial psychometric evaluation of the Social Media Use Functional Assessment. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaba.70062

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