ArticleFrontiers in public health2022
Problematic Smartphone Use and Problematic Social Media Use: The Predictive Role of Self-Construal and the Mediating Effect of Fear Missing Out.
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- Psychological "effects" of digital technology: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Association between problematic social networking use and anxiety symptoms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Cyber behaviour and personality nexus: clustering around security attitudes, FoMO, problematic social media use, and cognitive and personality traits?Royal Society open science · 2026Article
- The association between fear of missing out and problematic smartphone use: A latent profile analysis of problematic social media use.Addictive behaviors reports · 2026Article
- Who are more vulnerable to FoMO? Predictors and moderators of FoMO among Dutch adolescents.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the State Fear of Missing Out Inventory in a sample of Italian young adults.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Validation of the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) for forest firefighters: implications for human-technology interaction and occupational safety in the future of work.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Intolerance of Uncertainty Mediates the Relationship Between Social Anxiety and Problematic Smartphone Use Severity in College Students.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
- Loneliness moderates the predictive effect of the trait-state FoMO pathway on problematic social media use.Addictive behaviors reports · 2025Article
- Fear of missing out and problematic social media use: A serial mediation model of social comparison and self-esteem.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- The impact of long-term online learning on social anxiety and problematic smartphone use symptoms among secondary school students with different levels of fear of missing out: Evidence from a symptom network and longitudinal panel network analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2024Article
- Internet Addiction and COVID-19 Misbeliefs Among Hungarian Online Gamers: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
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- The Mediating Role of Selfitis in the Associations between Self-Esteem, Problematic Social Media Use, Problematic Smartphone Use, Body-Self Appearance, and Psychological Distress among Young Ghanaian Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Problematic smartphone use (PSU) and problematic social media use (PSMU) are two interrelated constructs which have received significant research attention over the past decade. The present study investigated the relationship between self-construal (distinguished as independent and interdependent), PSU and PSMU with Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) as a mediating variable. The sample comprised 405 Italian students who completed standardized psychometric scales assessing the variables of the study. Bivariate correlations analysis showed that FoMO and independent self-construal was significantly and negatively associated. On the contrary, interdependent self-construal was significantly and positively associated with FoMO, PSU, and PSMU. Mediation analysis showed that FoMO mediated the relationship between self-construal and both PSMU and PSU, but at different levels. The results demonstrated that FoMO full mediated the relationships between interdependent self and PSU, whereas only partial mediation was found between interdependent self and PSMU. Therefore, taking these personality characteristics into account may help reduce dysfunctional behaviour associated with problematic technology use and promote psychological well-being among students. However, it is recommended that further studies replicate the proposed model by including other psychological constructs.
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