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Research Article

What would you sacrifice for the ‘gram? Developing and testing the Social Media Sacrifice Scale (SMSS)

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Pages 689-704 | Received 20 Sep 2023, Accepted 14 Mar 2024, Published online: 02 Apr 2024

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