ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Exploring Association Between Social Media Addiction, Fear of Missing Out, and Self-Presentation Online Among University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Exploring the relationship between boredom proneness and short-form videos addiction among Chinese college students through a moderated mediation model.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Investigating phubbing behaviors among university students: a latent profile analysis study.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Fear of Missing Out, Social Media Addiction, and Personality Traits Among Nursing Students: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR nursing · 2025Article
- The Role of False Self-Presentation and Social Comparison in Excessive Social Media Use.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The fear of missing out and social media addiction: A cross-sectional and quasi-experimental approach.Heliyon · 2025Article
- Status and Influencing Factors of Social Media Addiction in Chinese Workers: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Insecure Minds through the Looking Glass: The Mediating Role of Mentalization in the Relationships between Adult Attachment Styles and Problematic Social Media Use.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Social media addiction (SMA) is known to be associated with excess use of social media. However, few studies have focused on the links of self-presentation on social media, fear of missing out (FoMO) and SMA. The present study investigated the relationships of self-presentation, FoMO and SMA among university students. Methods: Online survey was conducted with 2,744 respondents, who completed online survey including social media use, FoMO and SMA. Self-presentation on social media and privacy information protection were assessed via researcher-designed questionnaires. Self-presentation on social media was composed of basic information shown on social media and expression willingness. Privacy information protection contained information viewed by others and privacy settings in social media platforms. Results: The most common information posted on social media were gender, hobby, age, personal photos, videos, and birthday. The most common social platforms with privacy setting were QQ zone (62.2%), WeChat (60.1%), and QQ (40.3%). FoMO ( Conclusion: In general, students with higher level of FoMO and expression willingness are more likely to experience SMA. These results highlight individual behaviors on social media should be considered as essential elements for assessing problematic engaging to social media.
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