Fear of Missing Out as a Predictor of Problematic Social Media Use and Phubbing Behavior among Flemish Adolescents
Franchina V, Vanden Abeele M, van Rooij AJ, Lo Coco G, De Marez L
International journal of environmental research and public health · 108 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2018-10-22 · Int J Environ Res Public Health · vol. 15 · issue 10 · p. 2319
- Publisher
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- Cited
- 418 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 55.4× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 64 works
- Access
- Open access (journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Social Media and Politics · Child Development and Digital Technology
- Keywords
- fear of missing out, social media addiction, phubbing, adolescents, social media use, social networking sites, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, YouTube
- MeSH
- humans, cross-sectional studies, adolescent behavior, behavior, addictive, anxiety, fear, adolescent, female, male, social participation, social media, surveys and questionnaires, cell phone use
5 authors
From IT, NL, BE
- Vittoria Franchina · correspondingUniversity of Palermo
- Mariek Vanden Abeele · correspondingTilburg University
- Antonius J. van RooijGhent University; Trimbos Institute
- Gianluca Lo CocoUniversity of Palermo
- Lieven De MarezGhent University
Abstract
Fear-of-missing-out (FOMO) refers to feelings of anxiety that arise from the realization that you may be missing out on rewarding experiences that others are having. FOMO can be identified as an intra-personal trait that drives people to stay up to date of what other people are doing, among others on social media platforms. Drawing from the findings of a large-scale survey study among 2663 Flemish teenagers, this study explores the relationships between FOMO, social media use, problematic social media use (PSMU) and phubbing behavior. In line with our expectations, FOMO was a positive predictor of both how frequently teenagers use several social media platforms and of how many platforms they actively use. FOMO was a stronger predictor of the use of social media platforms that are more private (e.g., Facebook, Snapchat) than platforms that are more public in nature (e.g., Twitter, Youtube). FOMO predicted phubbing behavior both directly and indirectly via its relationship with PSMU. These findings support extant research that points towards FOMO as a factor explaining teenagers' social media use.
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