An Examination of College Students’ Social Media Use, Fear of Missing Out, and Mindful Attention

Weaver, Jo Lauren; Swank, Jacqueline M.

doi:10.1002/jocc.12181

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“…In this study, it was found that students who had a low level of mindfulness were associated with a high tendency to experience fear of missing out. It is also consistent with previous research conducted by [8] that mindfulness and fear of missing out are negatively related. Lack of ability to manage full attention and full awareness makes an individual tends to experience fear of missing out.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…In a study [8], mindfulness is founded as a factor that can affect FoMO. Individuals who have a lack of paying full attention to current circumstances or events may indicate the occurrence of FoMO.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Individuals who have a lack of paying full attention to current circumstances or events may indicate the occurrence of FoMO. On the other hand, individuals who practice mindfulness and mindfulness can regulate themselves to focus on the present moment and are known to have a low tendency to experience FoMO [8].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A research conducted in the southeastern United States raised the topic of the relationship between problematic social media use, FoMO, mindfulness, self-esteem, and life satisfaction in college students [8]. It was explained in the research results that new students had a tendency to experience FoMO.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Mindfulness and Fear of Missing Out in Final Year Undergraduate Students

Sa'id

Dewi

2022

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Final year students often face difficulties such as working on repeated thesis revisions, getting relevant literature, length of feedback from supervisors, and limited research time. Those who use social media tend to experience Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) syndrome. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mindfulness and FoMO in final year undergraduate students. This study used a correlational quantitative approach. Research participants consisted of 126 final year undergraduate students using purposive sampling. For data collection, two instruments were used: Mindfulness Scale (.847) and Fear of Missing Out Scale (.829). The data were analyzed using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between mindfulness and FoMO in final year students (Sig. .000 < .05). In addition, the direction of the relationship between the variables was negative (-.308), meaning that the relationship between the two variables was in negative correlation. This means that if the individual had a high state of mindfulness, the tendency to experience FoMO was low. In contrast, if the individual had a low state of mindfulness, then his/her tendency to experience FoMO was high. Keywords: mindfulness, fear of missing out, final year, undergraduate student, undergraduate thesis

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Mindfulness and Fear of Missing Out in Final Year Undergraduate Students

Sa'id

Dewi

2022

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“…We determined that FoMO had a positive and moderate impact on social media addiction (both virtual communication and virtual tolerance). Many studies in the literature showed that FoMO positively influences social media addiction, supporting our findings (Blackwell et al, 2017;Fuster et al, 2017;Casale et al, 2018;Tunç-Aksan & Akbay, 2019;Bekman, 2020;Fabris et al, 2020;Hishan et al, 2020;Kargın et al, 2020;Weaver & Swank, 2021). It would be useful for further research to consider FoMO an important variable contributing to social media use and addiction and explore its relationship with other relevant variables using more comprehensive measures.…”

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Digital Media in Sports Organizations: The Mediator Role of Social Media Addiction in FoMO and Compulsive Online Shopping

Demir

Çetin

2021

JEI

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The impact of communication on individuals and the masses is undeniable. Now, every domain of daily life is influenced by the power of communication thanks to developing technology. The present study aimed to explore the relationship between fear of missing out (FoMO) and compulsive online shopping and investigate the mediator role of social media addiction on this relationship. The sample consisted of randomly selected 205 sports volunteers, 77 females (37.6%) and 128 males (62.4%), taking part in the 16th NKolay Istanbul Half Marathon on April 4, 2021. We collected the data using the “Fear of Missing Out” scale (FoMOS) consisting of 10 items within a subscale, the “Social Media Addiction” scale (SMAS) composed of 20 items within two subscales, and the “Compulsive Online Shopping” scale (COSS) consisting of 28 items within five subscales. We sought answers for seven hypotheses in the study employing a correlational design. The results confirmed our three hypotheses, partially confirmed two hypotheses, rejected the other two hypotheses. We determined that the SMAS were positively correlated with the FoMOS and the COSS. In addition, the FoMOS was positively correlated with the COSS. On the other hand, we concluded that social media addiction partially mediated the relationship between fear of missing out (FoMO) and compulsive online shopping among our participants. While virtual communication had a mediating effect on this relationship, it was not the case for virtual tolerance.

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The Role of Self-Esteem, Depressive Symptoms, Extraversion, Neuroticism and FOMO in Problematic Social Media Use: Exploring User Profiles

Packer

Flack

2023

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Problematic social media use (PSMU) is known to be associated with self-esteem, depressive symptomology, extraversion, neuroticism and the fear of missing out (FOMO). However, few studies have sought to understand how these psychological factors may converge and differentially relate to PSMU severity. Thus, the current study examined how these factors may present as different ‘user profiles’. A total of 574 participants completed an online survey, and hierarchical cluster analysis and K-means clustering techniques were used to form profiles. A five-cluster solution was identified. The clusters differed in PSMU scores and in order of PSMU severity were identified as FOMO, Emotionally Vulnerable, Low-risk, Low Extraversion and Protective profiles. These findings indicate a more nuanced understanding of PSMU severity may be gained by considering how specific psychological correlates converge as opposed to considering them as unique predictors of PSMU. Future research may benefit from conceptualising PSMU from a combined risk lens that prioritises the relationship between PSMU correlates.

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An Examination of College Students’ Social Media Use, Fear of Missing Out, and Mindful Attention

Cited by 26 publications

References 54 publications

Mindfulness and Fear of Missing Out in Final Year Undergraduate Students

Mindfulness and Fear of Missing Out in Final Year Undergraduate Students

Digital Media in Sports Organizations: The Mediator Role of Social Media Addiction in FoMO and Compulsive Online Shopping

The Role of Self-Esteem, Depressive Symptoms, Extraversion, Neuroticism and FOMO in Problematic Social Media Use: Exploring User Profiles

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