ArticleBMC psychology2026
Longitudinal effects of emerging adults' self-presentation on social networking sites on fear of missing out.
Article in BMC psychology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundThe widespread use of social networking sites may increase fear of missing out among emerging adults. However, few longitudinal studies have examined how self-presentation on social networking sites influences fear of missing out or the underlying mechanisms from an individual-context interaction perspective. This study examined the longitudinal mediating roles of online social comparison and basic psychological needs satisfaction in the relationship between self-presentation on social networking sites and fear of missing out, as well as the moderating effect of neuroticism.
methodsA three-wave longitudinal design was conducted with 743 Chinese college students (M
resultsPositive and authentic self-presentation on social networking sites exerted differential effects on fear of missing out through distinct pathways. Specifically, positive self-presentation showed dual effects on fear of missing out, reducing fear of missing out via basic psychological needs satisfaction while simultaneously increasing fear of missing out through a serial pathway involving online upward social comparison and reduced basic psychological needs satisfaction. This serial indirect effect was stronger among individuals with higher levels of neuroticism. In contrast, authentic self-presentation reduced fear of missing out only through basic psychological needs satisfaction.
conclusionsPositive self-presentation on social networking sites shapes fear of missing out through both protective and risk pathways, with basic psychological needs satisfaction functioning as a protective factor and online upward social comparison operating as a risk mechanism that is amplified among individuals with higher levels of neuroticism. In contrast, authentic self-presentation on social networking sites reduces fear of missing out primarily through enhanced basic psychological needs satisfaction.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.