scholarly journals Associations Between Fear of Missing Out, Problematic Smartphone Use, and Social Networking Services Fatigue Among Young Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 205630512096376
Author(s):  
Ufuk Tugtekin ◽  
Esra Barut Tugtekin ◽  
Adile Aşkım Kurt ◽  
Kadir Demir
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Fitness Index ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Adaptation Procedure ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Turkish Language

In this study, we aimed to adapt the Information and communication technology (ICT) Overload and social networking service (SNS) Fatigue Scale to measure the overload and SNSs fatigue experienced by individuals while using ICTs in the Turkish language and analyze the adapted scale based on various variables. The scale adaptation procedure was conducted by surveying 225 undergraduate-level university students. In addition to discriminant and convergent reliability, the general fitness index parameters were compared with confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and the model results were found in accordance with the acceptable fitness index criteria, with clarification as a complete model in all sub-dimensions. The relationships between fear of missing out (FoMO), problematic smartphone use (PSU), and SNSs Fatigue levels of the participants were also investigated. The adapted scale was then applied to 469 participants. The findings demonstrated that there was a significant difference between PSU and SNS Fatigue levels of participants based on gender, favoring females. It was also revealed that the variables of interest FoMO and SNS Fatigue together predicted the PSU.

scholarly journals Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8463
Author(s):  
Rocco Servidio ◽  
Mark D. Griffiths ◽  
Zsolt Demetrovics
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Smartphone Use

The present study examined whether the relationship between the Dark Triad (DT) of personality and problematic smartphone use (PSU) can be explained by the mediating role of fear of missing out (FoMO). The role of FoMO in this relationship has yet to be examined. A total of 457 participants completed an online survey. Results indicated that males scored high on measures assessing DT of personality, while females scored high on PSU. Structural equation modelling showed that narcissism was directly associated with PSU. FoMO partially mediated the association between narcissism and PSU. Machiavellianism and narcissism were directly associated with FoMO. In the fully mediated model, narcissism (but not Machiavellianism) was still associated with FoMO, and in turn, FoMO was related to PSU. Although preliminary, the results of the present study indicated that Machiavellianism and narcissism might represent antecedents of FoMO, in addition to the Big Five personality traits, and both could be involved in the development of PSU.

Depression, anxiety and fear of missing out as correlates of social, non-social and problematic smartphone use

2020 ◽  
Vol 105 ◽  
pp. 106335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon D. Elhai ◽  
Elizabeth F. Gallinari ◽  
Dmitri Rozgonjuk ◽  
Haibo Yang
Keyword(s):  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Anxiety And Fear

Smartphones and Social Support: Longitudinal Associations Between Smartphone Use and Types of Support

2021 ◽  
pp. 089443932098876
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Lapierre ◽  
Pengfei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Bonds ◽  
Problematic Smartphone Use ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Tangible Support ◽  
Over Time

Smartphones provide users with a vast array of tools to reach out to the world. Smartphones can be used to reach out interpersonally with family, friends, and acquaintances, they can be used to scroll through social networking platforms where one can post comments on a friend’s status update or read about the personal lives of their favorite celebrity, and they can be used to surf the web or read the news. Yet, research has also shown that problematic smartphone use (PSU) can be harmful. Of interest in the current study is whether smartphones can help or harm social bonds longitudinally via social support. Working with a sample of 221 college students who were surveyed twice over a 3-month span, this study explored whether various types of smartphone use (e.g., person-to-person, social networking, and mass-mediated) along with PSU predicted different types of social support over time. The results showed that person-to-person smartphone use was associated with greater belonging support (i.e., feeling accepted by people around you) and tangible support (i.e., feeling that you can find people to help with practical needs) over time. In addition, increased PSU was associated with less tangible support longitudinally. Lastly, there were no effects for social networking or mass-mediated smartphone use on any type of social support. These results offer important insights into how smartphones potentially affect our ability to connect with others along with greater detail about specific kinds of use are implicated.

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