Dear respondent,
I am an undergraduate student of the department of Psychology, Plateau state university
Bokkos, I am currently undergoing a research for academic purposes, kindly help respond to
the questions below. I assure you that your responses are strictly for research purposes and
will be treated with utmost confidentiality.
Yours sincerely,
MERCY SILAS NGULUWA.
SECTION A: DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Please provide the following information about yourself by ticking the option that applies:
1. Age (years): ☐ 10–14 ☐ 15–19 ☐ 20–24 ☐ 25 and above
2. Gender: ☐ Male ☐ Female
3. Educational Level: ☐ Junior Secondary School ☐ Senior Secondary School
☐ Tertiary
4. Frequency of Social Media Use (daily): ☐ Less than 1 hour ☐ 1–2 hours
☐ 3–4 hours ☐ 5 hours and above
5. Primary Social Media Platform Used: ☐ Instagram ☐Facebook ☐
TikTok ☐ WhatsApp ☐ Others (please specify) __________
SECTION B: SOCIAL MEDIA USE SCALE (SMUS)
Instruction: Please indicate how frequently you have engaged in each of the following
social media activities during the past week (7 days). Only include activities on social
networking sites such as Instagram and Facebook, and do not include activities related to
direct messaging (e.g., Facebook Messenger or Instagram Direct Messages). For each
activity, select the number that best represents how often you engaged in it according to the
following:
1 = Never, 2 = 1–2 times per week, 3 = 3–4 times per week, 4 = 5–6 times per week, 5 =
Once daily, 6 = 2–5 times daily, 7 = 6–9 times daily, 8 = 10–13 times daily, 9 = Hourly or
more.
No. Activity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 Made/shared a post or story about something positive
that was personally about me
2 Looked at how many people liked, commented,
shared my content, or followed/friended me
3 Read comments to my own content
4 Edited and/or deleted my own social media content
5 Played with photo filtering/photo editing
6 Compared my body or appearance to others’
7 Compared my life or experiences to others’
8 Reminisced about the past
9 Made/shared a post or story about something negative
that was personally about me
10 Made/shared a post or story about something negative
that was NOT personally about me
11 Commented unsupportively or disliked/“reacted”
unsupportively on other’s post(s)
12 Sought out content that I morally or ethically
disagreed with
13 Scrolled aimlessly through my feed(s)
14 Looked at others’ stories
15 Navigated to others’ profiles in my social network
(friends or friends of friends)
16 Navigated to others’ pages who I do not know
(influencers or other famous people)
17 Watched videos such as memes, news content, and
how-tos/recipes
SECTION C: ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE (RSE)
Instruction: Please choose the appropriate answer for each item, depending on whether you
Strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it. (1 = Strongly agree,2 = Agree,3=
Disagree,4 = Strongly disagree)
No. Statement 1 2 3 4
1 On the whole, I am satisfied with myself.
2 At times I think I am no good at all.
3 I feel that I have a number of good qualities.
4 I am able to do things as well as most other people.
5 I feel 1do not have much to be proud of.
6 I certainly feel useless at times.
7 I feel that I'm a person of worth.
8 I wish I could have more respect for myself.
9 All in all, I am inclined to think that I am a failure.
10 I take a positive attitude toward myself.
SECTION D: BODY-ESTEEM SCALE FOR ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS
(BESAA)
Instruction: Please indicate how often you agree with each of the following statements about
your body and appearance. Options are, 0 = Never | 1 = Rarely | 2 = Sometimes | 3 = Often | 4
= Always
No. Statement 0 1 2 3 4
1 I like what I look like in pictures
2 Other people consider me good looking
3 I’m proud of my body
4 I am preoccupied with trying to change my body weight
5 I think my appearance would help me get a job
6 I like what I see when I look in the mirror
7 There are lots of things I’d change about my looks if I could
8 I am satisfied with my weight
9 I wish I looked better
10 I really like what I weigh
11 I wish I looked like someone else
12 People my own age like my looks
13 My looks upset me
14 I’m as nice looking as most people
15 I’m pretty happy about the way I look
16 I feel I weigh the right amount for my height
17 I feel ashamed of how I look
18 Weighing myself depresses me
19 My weight makes me unhappy
20 My looks help me to get dates
21 I worry about the way I look
22 I think I have a good body
23 I’m looking as nice as I’d like to