A network analysis approach to the relationship between fear of missing out (FoMO), smartphone addiction, and social networking site use among a sample of Chinese university students

AbstractThe main aim of this study was to explore the mediating role of learning engagement on the relationship between social networking site (SNS) addiction and academic achievement among 406 university students. The Social Networking Site Addiction Scale, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale for Students, and Chinese Students Academic Achievement Scale were used to evaluate students’ SNS addiction, learning engagement, and academic achievement. Correlation analysis indicated that SNS addiction, learning engagement, and academic achievement were significantly correlated with each other. The causal steps regression and bootstrap analysis show that learning engagement mediated the relationship between SNS addiction and academic achievement. Implications for research and instructions for how to improve university students’ academic achievement are discussed.

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Passive social networking site use and well-being: The mediating roles of social comparison and the fear of missing out

Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace ◽

10.5817/cp2019-3-5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Kaitlyn Burnell ◽

Madeleine J. George ◽

Justin W. Vollet ◽

Samuel E. Ehrenreich ◽

Marion K. Underwood

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Social Networking ◽

Social Comparison ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Social Acceptance ◽

Well Being ◽

Social Networking Site ◽

Fear Of Missing Out ◽

Self Perceptions ◽

Site Use

Passively browsing social networking sites (SNSs) correlates with poorer well-being (Verduyn, Ybarra, Résibois, Jonides, & Kross, 2017). However, less research has been conducted that fully examines what factors may mediate this association. In particular, both online social comparison and the fear of missing out (FoMO) may play roles in how passive SNS browsing relates to depressive symptoms and self-perceptions. The current study adds to the literature by investigating how passive use relates to these outcomes through social comparison and FoMO. For an ethnically diverse sample of college students (N = 717, Mage = 21.47, SDage = 4.64, 69% female), passively using SNSs positively predicted social comparison, which was positively related to FoMO, which in turn positively predicted depressive symptoms, and negatively predicted global self-worth, self-perceived physical appearance, and self-perceived social acceptance. These findings suggest that social comparison and FoMO play a role in the link between passive SNS use, depressive symptoms, and self-perceptions, and that FoMO could result from online social comparison.

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Fear of missing out (FoMO) and gaming disorder among Chinese university students: Impulsivity and game time as mediators

10.21203/rs.3.rs-25628/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Li Li ◽

Mark D. Griffiths ◽

Zhimin Niu ◽

Songli Mei

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Online Survey ◽

Gaming Disorder ◽

Negative Consequences ◽

Mediation Effects ◽

Fear Of Missing Out ◽

Chinese University ◽

Chinese University Students ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Background and aims: Research into the fear of missing out (FoMO) has greatly increased in recent years. Given the negative consequences of gaming disorder (GD) among a small minority of individuals, there is an increasing need for research examining the impact of FoMO on GD. However, little is known about the roles of impulsivity and gaming time as mediators in the relationship between FoMO and GD. The present study examined whether impulsivity and gaming time mediated the relationship between FoMO (trait-FoMO and state-FoMO) and GD among Chinese university students, as well as the prevalence of GD.Methods: A total of 1127 university students completed an online survey including the Chinese Trait-State Fear of Missing Out Scale (T-SFoMOS-C), the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-Brief (BIS-Brief), gamine time survey, and the Chinese Gaming Disorder Scale (CGDS).Results: The prevalence of GD was 6.4% among Chinese university students. Trait-FoMO was found to indirectly impact GD via impulsivity and gamine time, whereas the direct effect of trait-FoMO on GD and the mediation effects of gaming time were not confirmed. State-FoMO impacted on GD both directly, and indirectly via the mediation effects of impulsivity as well as impulsivity and gaming time.Conclusion: Trait-FoMO on GD was fully mediated via impulsivity and gaming time, whereas state-FoMO on GD was partly mediated via impulsivity and gaming time. Individuals with high levels of FoMO were more likely to show impulsivity and spent a longer time gaming, and was associated with GD. These findings provide insights to incorporate into health prevention programs to help regulate emotion, control impulsivity, and decrease GD.

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Relationship between nomophobia and fear of missing out among Turkish university students

Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences ◽

10.18844/cjes.v13i4.3464 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 549-561 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Nazire Burcin Hamutoglu ◽

Deniz Mertkan Gezgin ◽

Gozde Sezen-Gultekin ◽

Orhan Gemikonakli

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Social Networking ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

Social Networking Sites ◽

Critical Role ◽

Total Variance ◽

Fear Of Missing Out ◽

Problematic Relationship ◽

Turkish University Students ◽

The Relationship

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between no mobile phobia (nomophobia) which is defined as a modern fear of being unable to communicate through the mobile phone, and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) which is known to be related with the problematic relationship with Social Networking Sites (SNSs), and play a critical role in the increased use of Social Networking Sites (SNS). The data were collected from a convenient sample of 538 university students via Nomophobia (NMP-Q) and FOMO Scales, The results show that a positive moderate level of relationship was found between Nomophobia and FOMO levels. The findings showed that FOMO level of university students predicts 41% of the total variance at the Nomophobia level. That is, when FOMO level increases, students’ nomophobia level can be predicted from data depicting the increase.

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