Exploring Association Between Social Media Addiction, Fear of Missing Out, and Self-Presentation Online Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

BackgroundSocial media addiction (SMA) is known to be associated with excess use of social media. However, few studies have focused on the links of self-presentation on social media, fear of missing out (FoMO) and SMA. The present study investigated the relationships of self-presentation, FoMO and SMA among university students.MethodsOnline survey was conducted with 2,744 respondents, who completed online survey including social media use, FoMO and SMA. Self-presentation on social media and privacy information protection were assessed via researcher-designed questionnaires. Self-presentation on social media was composed of basic information shown on social media and expression willingness. Privacy information protection contained information viewed by others and privacy settings in social media platforms.ResultsThe most common information posted on social media were gender, hobby, age, personal photos, videos, and birthday. The most common social platforms with privacy setting were QQ zone (62.2%), WeChat (60.1%), and QQ (40.3%). FoMO (OR = 2.852, P = 0.000), information viewed by others (OR = 4.261, P = 0.000), managing a personal homepage (OR = 1.339, P = 0.002), accept a stranger's “friend request” (OR = 1.251, P = 0.028) and undergraduate students and above (OR = 1.439, P = 0.001) predicted expression willingness. FoMO (OR = 5.278, P = 0.000), information viewed by others (OR = 9.673, P = 0.000), privacy setting in QQ (OR = 0.817, P = 0.002) and in Tik Tok (OR = 0.536, P = 0.019) and female (OR = 0.588, P = 0.004) significantly influenced basic information shown on social media. Furthermore, FoMO (OR = 4.165, P = 0.000), expression willingness (OR = 1.645, P = 0.000), and information viewed by others (OR = 1.406, P = 0.000) positively affected the level of SMA. Risk of SMA increased as time spent on social media per day. However, basic information shown on social media did not significantly influence SMA.ConclusionIn general, students with higher level of FoMO and expression willingness are more likely to experience SMA. These results highlight individual behaviors on social media should be considered as essential elements for assessing problematic engaging to social media.

Insecure Minds through the Looking Glass: The Mediating Role of Mentalization in the Relationships between Adult Attachment Styles and Problematic Social Media Use

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“…Additionally, females reported greater levels of PSMU, which aligns with meta-analytic research [ 83 ]. According to the literature, a larger amount of time spent on social media, a younger age, and lower education were associated with increased PSMU [ 78 , 98 , 99 , 100 ].…”

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Sağlık Meslek Yüksekokulu Öğrencilerinin Sosyal Medya Bağımlılığının Yalnızlık ve Depresyon ile İlişkisi

“…The content, style and service of social media applications attract the attention of young people and cause them to spend a lot of time during the day (Özdemir, 2019). Spending a lot of time during the day also reveals the definition social media addiction (Çiftçi, 2018).Social media addiction (SMB), with the use of neglecting activities in one's social life; It is defined as the uncontrolled use of it to the extent that it interferes with other important areas of life, including psychological health, interpersonal relationships, emotional outcomes, academic performance, and work (Zhu & Xiong 2022). As it can be understood from its definition, SMD can affect the functionality of individuals as well as cognitive, psychological, social and many other aspects.…”