Fear of missing out and problematic social media use: A serial mediation model of social comparison and self-esteem.
Fear of missing out
Mediation analysis
Problematic social media use
Self-esteem
Social comparison
Journal
Addictive behaviors reports
ISSN: 2352-8532
Titre abrégé: Addict Behav Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101656077
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2024
Jun 2024
Historique:
received:
12
01
2024
revised:
16
02
2024
accepted:
03
03
2024
medline:
18
3
2024
pubmed:
18
3
2024
entrez:
18
3
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) is consistently associated with problematic social media use (PSMU). Moreover, previous studies have shown a significant association between FoMO, self-esteem, and social comparison. However, there is a lack of studies that have investigated the relationship between, FoMO, social comparison, self-esteem, and PSMU in an integrated model. The present study hypothesized that FoMO may influence PSMU through the serial mediating role of social comparison and self-esteem. A cross-sectional survey study was conducted comprising 256 Italian university students (74.4% female), aged 18 to 38 years ( Controlling for age and gender, the results showed positive associations between FoMO, social comparison, and PSMU, and a negative association between FoMO and self-esteem. Self-esteem was also negatively associated with PSMU. It was also found that social comparison and self-esteem sequentially mediated the association between FoMO and PSMU. The present study contributes to understanding the mechanisms that underline the complex effects of FoMO on PSMU.
Sections du résumé
Background and aim
UNASSIGNED
Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) is consistently associated with problematic social media use (PSMU). Moreover, previous studies have shown a significant association between FoMO, self-esteem, and social comparison. However, there is a lack of studies that have investigated the relationship between, FoMO, social comparison, self-esteem, and PSMU in an integrated model. The present study hypothesized that FoMO may influence PSMU through the serial mediating role of social comparison and self-esteem.
Method
UNASSIGNED
A cross-sectional survey study was conducted comprising 256 Italian university students (74.4% female), aged 18 to 38 years (
Results
UNASSIGNED
Controlling for age and gender, the results showed positive associations between FoMO, social comparison, and PSMU, and a negative association between FoMO and self-esteem. Self-esteem was also negatively associated with PSMU. It was also found that social comparison and self-esteem sequentially mediated the association between FoMO and PSMU.
Conclusions
UNASSIGNED
The present study contributes to understanding the mechanisms that underline the complex effects of FoMO on PSMU.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38495391
doi: 10.1016/j.abrep.2024.100536
pii: S2352-8532(24)00013-0
pmc: PMC10943642
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
100536Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Given their role as Editorial Board members, Griffiths M.D. and Demetrovics Z., had no involvement in the peer-review of this article and had no access to information regarding its peer-review. All other authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.