ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
Fear of Missing Out and Smartphone Addiction Mediates the Relationship Between Positive and Negative Affect and Sleep Quality Among Chinese University Students.
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- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Correlation Coefficients Between Fear of Missing Out and Sleep Health Dimensions.Psychological reports · 2025Review
- Fear of missing out predicts loneliness through psychological and social pathways among doctoral students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Insomnia as a Behavioral Pathway from Fear of Missing Out to Depression in Emerging Adults.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Associations between social media addiction, social media fatigue, fear of missing out, and sleep quality among university students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Managing online learning burnout via investigating the role of loneliness during COVID-19.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The interplay between social media use, poor sleep, and disordered eating: a narrative review.Cogent mental health · 2025Review
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- The relationship between smartphone addiction and sleep disorder among college students: negative emotions as a mediator and gender as a moderator.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Within- and Between-Person Correlates of Affect and Sleep Health Among Health Science Students.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- The mediating effect of rumination and fear of missing out between mobile phone addiction and sleep quality among college students.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsThe widespread use of social media on smartphones has lead to the fear of missing out (FoMO) and smartphone addiction among a minority of adolescents and adults. However, few studies have investigated the impact of trait affect on sleep quality
methodsThe sample comprised 1,164 university students and they completed a survey which included the Chinese Trait-State Fear of Missing Out Scale (T-SFoMOS-C), Mobile Phone Addiction Index (MPAI), International Positive and Negative Affect Scale Short-Form (I-PANAS-SF), and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
resultsThe prevalence of sleep disturbance was found to be 15.98% among Chinese university students. The serial multiple mediation effects indicated that PA directly impacted on sleep quality, but the mediation effects of trait-FoMO and state-FoMO were not found. NA impacted on sleep quality
conclusionNegative affect was positively associated with poor sleep quality, which was partially mediated by FoMO and smartphone addiction among Chinese university students. Individuals with high negative affect were more likely to have high levels of FoMO and were more prone to smartphone addiction as well as experiencing poor sleep quality. These findings provide an evidence base for emotion management, prevention of smartphone addiction, and sleep improvement.
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