Social Media Addiction and Psychological Outcomes Survey of 940 Participants

940 participants aged 18–72 years completed validated measures of social media addiction, affectivity, authenticity, self-image, academic performance, and flourishing. The dataset, authored by Andra Seceleanu and last updated in May 2026, contains cross-sectional survey results used to test a mediation model linking compulsive digital engagement to psychological outcomes.

Use Cases

• Analyze the mediating role of self-image between social media addiction and academic performance based on the described path analysis.
• Investigate the relationship between affect (positive/negative) and social media addiction based on the validated measures mentioned.
• Study the indirect association of authenticity with psychological flourishing in the context of compulsive digital engagement.
• Examine demographic patterns (age 18–72) in social media addiction and its psychological correlates.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 940 participants, providing a substantial sample size for analysis.
• Measures are described as validated for social media addiction, affectivity, authenticity, self-image, academic performance, and flourishing.
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for reuse and modification.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The study design is cross-sectional, limiting causal inferences from the data.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey of 940 participants using validated psychological measures.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 05:43:04; freshness should be verified.