This tendency is clear in you — here is what it reveals, to understand and move forward.

A tendency to use screens automatically and repetitively.

Your high score points to screen use that is hard to control, often imposing itself well beyond your initial intention ('I meant to spend 5 minutes, and I'm still there an hour later'). At the heart of behavioural addictions, this mechanism rests largely on intermittent reinforcement: screens (notifications, content, rewards) deliver unpredictable gratifications that activate the reward circuit very effectively, making it hard to stop. One way of reading it, to weigh against your own experience, is that compulsive use frequently serves a function: filling a void, soothing tension, avoiding a task or an unpleasant emotion. Identifying WHAT the screen regulates (boredom, stress, avoidance) is often more useful than fighting head-on against the use itself, because it lets you offer other responses to the underlying need.

This tendency is present in you — here is what it sheds light on.

Symptoms of discomfort or anxiety when you are deprived of screens.

This moderate score describes discomfort when access to screens is reduced or impossible (irritability, restlessness, a sense of lack, a pressing urge to check). These manifestations, close to those described in the components model of addiction (Griffiths), signal that use has taken on an emotion-regulating role: the screen has become a way to soothe tension, hence the discomfort when it is missing. One avenue, to weigh against your own experience, is that these feelings of 'craving' are transient and diminish with time spent abstaining, even if they can be intense in the moment. The moderate level of the score suggests a real but not extreme attachment. Learning to ride out these moments of discomfort without giving in immediately — viewing them as a wave that rises then falls — is a central skill, and each time strengthens the sense of control.

This tendency is present in you — here is what it sheds light on.

The consequences of screen use on your relationships and social activities.

Your moderate score describes a knock-on effect of screen use on your relational or working life or your activities (time taken away from loved ones, distraction, postponed tasks). The criterion of impact is central to distinguishing intensive but harmless use from genuinely problematic use: it is not the time spent in itself that raises questions, but its effects on what matters to you. One avenue, to weigh against your own experience, is that social impact can set in insidiously (shortened conversations, a diminished presence) without your being fully aware of it. The moderate level of the score suggests a real but still limited impact, which makes for a favourable window of action. Clarifying what use concretely costs you, in the areas that count, is often a powerful engine of change.

This tendency is clear in you — here is what it reveals, to understand and move forward.

Difficulty limiting or stopping screen use despite the will to do so.

This high score describes attempts to cut back that fail, and the feeling of no longer mastering your use despite the will to limit it. This gap between intention (cut back) and behaviour (keep going) is a central feature of addictive patterns, and it does not reflect a lack of willpower: it reflects the power of the reinforcement mechanisms at work, which outstrip 'wanting' alone. One way of reading it, to weigh against your own experience, is that strategies based on willpower alone ('I'll be careful') fail precisely because they confront these mechanisms on unequal terms, whereas environmental strategies (changing access, triggers) are far more effective. Understanding this lifts guilt and redirects action: it is not about 'forcing yourself harder', but about intelligently arranging your environment and addressing the underlying need.