The Social Media Party: Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), Social Media Intensity, Connection, and Well-Being

Roberts, James A.; David, Meredith E.

doi:10.1080/10447318.2019.1646517

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“…In addition, we examined FoMO as a moderator. FoMO is conceptualized as experiencing anxiety over others potentially having more rewarding experiences than the self (Przybylski et al, 2013), and is linked to greater SNS use and poorer wellbeing (Przybylski et al, 2013;Baker et al, 2016;Blackwell et al, 2017;Buglass et al, 2017;Roberts and David, 2019). FoMO inherently requires some degree of upward social comparison, as a necessary component is perceiving that others are doing better than the self (Burnell et al, 2019;Reer et al, 2019).…”

Section: Individual Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Browsing Different Instagram Profiles and Associations With Psychological Well-Being

Burnell

George

Underwood³

2020

Front. Hum. Dyn.

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Social networking sites (SNSs) may be transforming young people's social experiences, and browsing SNSs in particular may harm psychological well-being. However, browsing different types of SNS profiles may differentially relate to psychological well-being. In a large and ethnically diverse sample of emerging adults (N = 405), this experimental study examined changes in state affect and self-perceptions after browsing one of three different types of profiles on Instagram: an acquaintance, an influencer, or one's own profile. Moreover, this study investigated how individual characteristics may moderate relations between browsing and well-being, by exploring feedback seeking behaviors and the fear of missing out. Browsing one's own Instagram profile led to positive changes in psychological well-being, whereas browsing the profile of either an acquaintance or an Instagram influencer led to negative changes in psychological well-being. Many observed effects, especially those found for the acquaintance and influencer conditions, were moderated by participants' dispositional levels of the fear of missing out and feedback seeking, in which effects were primarily observed for those higher in these characteristics. Findings suggest that SNSs may have positive or negative effects on well-being depending on who is online and what those individuals are browsing.

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Section: Individual Differencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Browsing Different Instagram Profiles and Associations With Psychological Well-Being

Burnell

George

Underwood³

2020

Front. Hum. Dyn.

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“…A majority of young adults must independently navigate new and complex social demands that require the development of sophisticated social skills such as role-taking and conflict management [18,27], and these challenges may generate interpersonal stress across many domains of life. In contrast, FoMO may tend to emerge more readily among a subset of students who have low levels of life satisfaction, self-competence, autonomy, or connection to others, and/or low mood [27], and/or it may be generated in a selective set of interactions or experiences that promote social comparison, such as the use of social media [40]. It is also plausible that since the relationship between a desire for social connectedness and social media use is strongly mediated by FoMO [27], a measure of FoMO related to technology use would have yielded more robust results.…”

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confidence: 98%

Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health

Adams

Murdock

Daly-Cano

et al. 2020

Behavioral Sciences

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Introduction: The college years are characterized by psychosocial and biological phenomena that may impact mental health, such as heightened sensitivity to social stressors and compromises in sleep quantity and quality. The current study uses a biopsychosocial approach to examine the associations among interpersonal stress, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), insomnia, and mental health. Methods: Survey data were collected from 283 undergraduate students (90% female) with a mean age of 21.4 years. A path analysis was utilized to test a mediational model linking interpersonal stress and FoMO with mental health through a mediator of insomnia. We hypothesized that higher levels of interpersonal stress and FoMO would be associated with higher levels of insomnia symptoms, which would in turn be associated with poorer mental health. Results: As predicted, insomnia partially mediated significant associations of interpersonal stress and FoMO with mental health. The association of interpersonal stress with insomnia and mental health was more robust than the association of FoMO with these variables. Conclusions: The pathway from interpersonal stress and/or FoMO, through insomnia, to compromises in mental health may be modifiable through behavioral interventions focusing on coping skills, sleep hygiene, and even technology-related habit changes. Recommendations to help disrupt this pathway, particularly among college students, are discussed.

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“… 26 , 66 , 69 Furthermore, mild to moderate inverse associations have been found between FOMO and emotional well-being. 42 , 85 …”

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Fear of missing out (FOMO): overview, theoretical underpinnings, and literature review on relations with severity of negative affectivity and problematic technology use

Elhai

Yang

Montag³

2021

Braz. J. Psychiatry

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This article discusses the fear of missing out (FOMO) on rewarding experiences, an important psychological construct in contemporary times. We present an overview of the FOMO construct and its operational definition and measurement. Then, we review recent empirical research on FOMO’s relationship with levels of online social engagement, problematic technology and internet communication use, negative affectivity, and sociodemographic variables. Additionally, we discuss theoretical conceptualizations regarding possible causes of FOMO and how FOMO may drive problematic internet technology use. Finally, we discuss future directions for the empirical study of FOMO.

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The Social Media Party: Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), Social Media Intensity, Connection, and Well-Being

Cited by 232 publications

References 42 publications

Browsing Different Instagram Profiles and Associations With Psychological Well-Being

Browsing Different Instagram Profiles and Associations With Psychological Well-Being

Sleep in the Social World of College Students: Bridging Interpersonal Stress and Fear of Missing Out with Mental Health

Fear of missing out (FOMO): overview, theoretical underpinnings, and literature review on relations with severity of negative affectivity and problematic technology use

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