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Effect of Fear of Missing Out on Social Media on Online Social Anxiety Among College Students Under Avoidance Conflict: A Moderated Mediation Model

  • XIA Wei ,
  • XIE Yuan ,
  • CHEN Zixin
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  • 1Department of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China;
    2Guangzhou Peiying Experimental School, Guangzhou 510510, China
*XIE Yuan, xieyuan@mail.ccnu.edu.cn

Online published: 2024-06-06

Abstract

Objective: To explore the impact of fear of missing out (FoMO) on social media on online social anxiety, and to explore the mediating role of passive use of social networking sites and the moderating role of emotional intelligence.
Methods: The convenience sampling method was adopted in 2021, and a total of 501 college students were investigated by using the Fear of Missing Out Scale, Social Anxiety Scale for Social Media Users, Surveillance Use Scale, and emotional intelligence scale. Descriptive statistical analysis, correlation analysis, and moderated mediation effect test were performed on the collected data.
Results: (1) FoMO on social media was positively correlated with the online social anxiety score (r=0.330, p<0.001); (2) Passive use of social networking sites played a partial mediating role in the relationship between FoMo on social media and online social anxiety; (3) Having a regulated mediation showed that the first half of the mediating effect of “FoMO on social media- passive use of social networking sites- online social anxiety” was regulated by emotional intelligence.
Conclusions: FoMO on social media can not only directly affect online social anxiety, but also indirectly affect online social anxiety through passive use of social networking sites. Furthermore, emotional intelligence plays a moderating role in the first half of this mediating model.

Cite this article

XIA Wei , XIE Yuan , CHEN Zixin . Effect of Fear of Missing Out on Social Media on Online Social Anxiety Among College Students Under Avoidance Conflict: A Moderated Mediation Model[J]. Psychological Communications, 2022 , 5(4) : 264 -271 . DOI: 10.12100/j.issn.2096-5494.222042

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