ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out.
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- Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the State Fear of Missing Out Inventory in a sample of Italian young adults.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Dark triad personality traits and online impulsive buying: the mediating role of social media addiction.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The relationships between fear of missing out and psychological and sociocultural factors in Latinx emerging adult college students.Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology · 2025Article
- Effects of Machiavellianism on Cyberbullying Perpetration: Serial Mediating Role of Perceived Social Support and Problematic Internet Use Among University Students.Psychology in Russia : state of the art · 2025Article
- Personality, opinion strength, and social media use - not such a straightforward relationship.Australian journal of psychology · 2025Article
- Smartphone addiction and malevolent creativity-the mediating role of psychological capital and the moderating role of self-concept clarity.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Mediating Role of Procrastination in the Relationship between Fear of Missing Out and Internet Addiction in University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Dark Triad and Trait Emotional Intelligence as Predictors of Problematic Social Media use and Engagement: The Mediating Role of the Fear of Missing Out.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2023Article
- Antecedents of problematic social media use and cyberbullying among adolescents: attachment, the dark triad and rejection sensitivity.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Problematic Smartphone Use and Problematic Social Media Use: The Predictive Role of Self-Construal and the Mediating Effect of Fear Missing Out.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- The Continued Use of Social Commerce Platforms and Psychological Anxiety-The Roles of Influencers, Informational Incentives and FoMO.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
The present study examined whether the relationship between the Dark Triad (DT) of personality and problematic smartphone use (PSU) can be explained by the mediating role of fear of missing out (FoMO). The role of FoMO in this relationship has yet to be examined. A total of 457 participants completed an online survey. Results indicated that males scored high on measures assessing DT of personality, while females scored high on PSU. Structural equation modelling showed that narcissism was directly associated with PSU. FoMO partially mediated the association between narcissism and PSU. Machiavellianism and narcissism were directly associated with FoMO. In the fully mediated model, narcissism (but not Machiavellianism) was still associated with FoMO, and in turn, FoMO was related to PSU. Although preliminary, the results of the present study indicated that Machiavellianism and narcissism might represent antecedents of FoMO, in addition to the Big Five personality traits, and both could be involved in the development of PSU.
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