Motivational, emotional, and behavioral correlates of fear of missing out

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Highlights：

• We create and evaluate a self-report measure of Fear of Missing Out (or FoMO).

• FoMO was associated with lower need satisfaction, mood and life satisfaction.

• FoMO was robustly linked to higher levels of social media engagement.

• FoMO mediated links between individual differences and social media engagement.

• FoMO was associated with distracted driving and use of social media during lectures.

摘要

•We create and evaluate a self-report measure of Fear of Missing Out (or FoMO).•FoMO was associated with lower need satisfaction, mood and life satisfaction.•FoMO was robustly linked to higher levels of social media engagement.•FoMO mediated links between individual differences and social media engagement.•FoMO was associated with distracted driving and use of social media during lectures.

论文关键词：Fear of missing out,FoMO,Human motivation,Individual differences,Social networking,Scale development

论文评审过程：Available online 9 April 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.02.014