Fear of missing out predicts repeated measurements of greater negative affect using experience sampling methodology

Elhai, Jon D.; Rozgonjuk, Dmitri; Liu, Tour; Yang, Haibo

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.026

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“…Despite significant concerns about COVID-19, people have other everyday-life worries and anxiety (captured by our general anxiety assessment) that have not ceased, but probably increased, with COVID-19′s onset. For example, everyday anxiety involving social and intimate relationship formation and maintenance (Lindesay et al, 2006) would naturally exacerbate with home quarantine (Xiang et al, 2020), and increase the fear of missing out on rewarding experiences (Elhai et al, 2020b;Elhai et al, in pressb). Similarly, existing anxiety regarding finances, employment, and economic stability (Lindesay et al, 2006) have risen because of the economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic (Pew Research Center, 2020).…”

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COVID-19 anxiety symptoms associated with problematic smartphone use severity in Chinese adults

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McKay

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Journal of Affective Disorders

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COVID-19 anxiety symptoms associated with problematic smartphone use severity in Chinese adults

Elhai

Yang

McKay

et al. 2020

Journal of Affective Disorders

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“…We acknowledge the cross‐sectional nature of our research design prevents us from inferring causal relationships among our study variables. Repeated measures/longitudinal work could clarify the temporal nature of associations (Elhai, Rozgonjuk, Liu, & Yang, 2020; Yuan et al, 2021). Additionally, we relied on self‐report measures, while objective behavioral assessment of PSU and GD would be more accurate (Ryding & Kuss, 2020).…”

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Health anxiety related to problematic smartphone use and gaming disorder severity during COVID ‐19: Fear of missing out as a mediator

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McKay

Yang

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Health anxiety has been linked with fear and anxiety regarding COVID‐19. Higher levels of health anxiety likely increased social distancing and self‐isolating during the pandemic. We investigated relations among health anxiety, fear of missing out (FOMO) on rewarding social experiences from social distancing, and consequential levels of problematic smartphone use (PSU) and gaming disorder (GD). We surveyed a broad sample of 812 U.S. and Canadian participants during the pandemic, in late‐May 2020, using the Short Health Anxiety Inventory, FOMO Scale, Smartphone Addiction Scale‐Short Version, and GD test. Significant bivariate relationships were found among health anxiety, FOMO, PSU, and GD severity. Using structural equation modeling, FOMO mediated relations between health anxiety and both PSU and GD severity. We discuss FOMO as an important variable explaining problematic digital technology use to compensate for unmet social needs from social distancing. We discuss these findings within the context of the Interaction of Person‐Affect‐Cognition‐Execution theoretical model of problematic internet use. Results offer novel insight into the role of health anxiety on FOMO from unmet social needs during the COVID‐19 pandemic, and consequential problematic internet use.

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“…Regarding the longitudinal design, future studies with data from a short-term framework could examine whether FoMO may cause short-term changes in PSU or vice versa. For example, recent evidence suggests that higher FOMO levels are related to increasingly negative effects over the week (Elhai, Rozgonjuk, Liu, & Yang, 2020) and that FoMO predicted negative outcomes (i.e. physical symptoms, stress, fatigue) on a daily basis (Milyavskaya, Saffran, Hope, & Koestner, 2018).…”

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Examining bi-directionality between Fear of Missing Out and problematic smartphone use. A two-wave panel study among adolescents

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Salerno

Franchina

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Addictive Behaviors

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Fear of missing out predicts repeated measurements of greater negative affect using experience sampling methodology

Cited by 51 publications

References 42 publications

COVID-19 anxiety symptoms associated with problematic smartphone use severity in Chinese adults

COVID-19 anxiety symptoms associated with problematic smartphone use severity in Chinese adults

Health anxiety related to problematic smartphone use and gaming disorder severity during COVID ‐19: Fear of missing out as a mediator

Examining bi-directionality between Fear of Missing Out and problematic smartphone use. A two-wave panel study among adolescents

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