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ArticleCurrent psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.)2026

Validation of the French fear of missing out (FoMO) scale across the lifespan.

Charikleia Lampraki, Daniela S Jopp, Angélique Roquet, Julia Föcker, Marcelo de Maio Nascimento, Élvio R Gouveia, Andreas Ihle

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Article in Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Charikleia LamprakiDepartment of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4565-7498
Daniela S JoppSwiss Centre of Excellence in Life Course Research LIVES, Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland.
Angélique RoquetSwiss Centre of Excellence in Life Course Research LIVES, Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland.
Julia FöckerDanish School of Education, Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Marcelo de Maio NascimentoSwiss Centre of Excellence in Life Course Research LIVES, Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland.
Élvio R GouveiaSwiss Centre of Excellence in Life Course Research LIVES, Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland.
Andreas IhleDepartment of Psychology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Abstract

Since its development, the Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) scale has been widely used to measure addictive behaviour towards information and communication technologies. However, its French adaptation and associated psychometric properties have not been validated. This study aimed at addressing this gap in the literature and proposed a validated measure for French-speaking populations. Specifically, we investigated the factorial structure of the scale in French with a lifespan sample and test its age, sex, education, and time invariance. Data were derived from an online longitudinal study (2-waves, 2 months interval) with a lifespan sample ( Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08669-z.

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FoMOFrench validationLifespanMeasurement invarianceSocial media addiction

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PMID42859465
PMCPMC13652940

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