Cognitive bias and fear of missing out (FoMO) among Chinese college students: the mediating effects of attentional control, need to belong and self-construal

Li, Jing; Xue, Wei; Zhao, Jun; Tan, Lingzhi

doi:10.1007/s12144-022-03435-x

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“…Studies have shown that increased mindfulness improves attentional function ( 39 , 72 ). In our results, the negative correlation between attention control and FOMO is similar to previous results ( 50 , 73 ). That is to say, in general, the higher the mindfulness of college students, the higher their attention control function might be, which might potentially lead to them producing less FOMO, and their reduced FOMO may further reduce their potential social media addiction.…”

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The effect of mindfulness on social media addiction among Chinese college students: A serial mediation model

Chang

Meng

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated social media addiction (SMA), making it urgent to find effective interventions for social media addiction. Evidence has shown that mindfulness might be an effective intervention for social media addiction. However, psychological mechanisms by which mindfulness reduce social media use remain unclear. Here, we further addressed this issue to examine whether attentional control and fear of missing out (FOMO) mediate the relationship between mindfulness and SMA.MethodsWe recruited 446 college students from two universities in China and analyzed the data.ResultsThe results suggest that there are mediation effects of attentional control and FOMO between mindfulness and SMA through 3 paths: path 1, mindfulness → attention control → SMA (−0.04); path 2, mindfulness → FOMO → SMA (−0.22); and path 3, mindfulness → attention control → FOMO → SMA (−0.05).DiscussionTherefore, mindfulness-based interventions may be an effective way to alleviate social media addiction, especially mindfulness-based interventions targeting FOMO. At the end of the article, we also discussed the limitations of this study.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

The effect of mindfulness on social media addiction among Chinese college students: A serial mediation model

Chang

Meng

et al. 2023

Front. Psychiatry

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“…The self-construal scale (SCS) was developed by Singelis (1994) and then translated into Chinese by Wang et al (2008) , and it demonstrates good reliability and validity when used to measure Chinese populations ( Wang and Wang, 2016 ; Li et al, 2022 ). It is a 24-item scale used to measure independent self-construal (12 items) and interdependent self-construal (12 items).…”

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The relationship between childhood maltreatment and social anxiety among Chinese male individuals with drug use disorders: a moderated mediation model of fear of negative evaluation and self-construals

Liu,

Zhang,

Miao

et al. 2023

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundSocial anxiety (SA) is prevalent among individuals with drug use disorders, playing a significant role in the etiology and maintenance of drug addiction. The etiological model of SA suggests a link between the development of SA and childhood maltreatment. Childhood maltreatment not only acts as a complex trauma with negative effects on individuals’ selves and other cognitions but also exerts a negative influence through early negative parent–child interactions on individuals’ internal working models, leading to the development of fear of negative evaluation and SA. Furthermore, self-construals, as a personality trait that emerges from the framework of the theory of sociocultural models, may exert a moderating effect on these mechanisms. The present study utilized a moderated mediation model to examine how childhood maltreatment relates to SA in individuals with drug addiction, aiming to provide support for a comprehensive understanding and effective resolution of SA in this group.MethodsA total of 618 Chinese male individuals with drug addiction (M = 34.13, SD = 8.76) participated, and they completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short Form, the Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale, the Self-Consciousness Scale’s Social Anxiety Subscale, and the Self-Construal Scale. SPSS PROCESS Macro was used to analyze the data.ResultCorrelation analysis revealed weak correlations among all variables but strong correlations between the SCS subscales. Mediation analyses revealed that fear of negative evaluation partially mediated the association between childhood maltreatment and SA. Moderated mediation analyses revealed that the link between fear of negative evaluation and SA was moderated by independent self-construal. The association was stronger among those with high independent self-construal than among those with low independent self-construal. An integrative moderated mediation analysis indicated that independent self-construal positively moderated the indirect association between childhood maltreatment and SA via fear of negative evaluation. However, interdependent self-construal did not show a moderated effect.ConclusionFear of negative evaluation plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and SA, while independent self-construal enhances the association between fear of negative evaluation and SA. Decreasing the fear of negative evaluation and intervening in self-construals may attenuate the association between childhood maltreatment and SA among Chinese male individuals with drug addiction.

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“…Hence, people with interdependent self-construal are disposed to share their information online using social media ( Kim, Kim, & Nam, 2010 ; J. Li, Xue, Zhao, & Tan, 2022 ) and tend to develop PSU ( Servidio, Koronczai, Griffiths, & Demetrovics, 2022 ). Given this, we can infer that socially anxious people with a high level of FoMO have interdependent self-construal and focus on relationship maintenance, which leads to their frequent use of smartphones to search for connections with others and their increased likelihood of PSU.…”

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The impact of long-term online learning on social anxiety and problematic smartphone use symptoms among secondary school students with different levels of fear of missing out: Evidence from a symptom network and longitudinal panel network analysis

Tao,

Tang,

Wang

et al. 2024

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BackgroundThe advancement of communication technology and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have led to an increased reliance on online education. However, the effects of the long-term use of smart devices for online learning on students' social anxiety and problematic smartphone use (PSU) and the role of fear of missing out (FoMO) in this process have yet to be fully explored.MethodsThis study analysed longitudinal data from 2,356 high school students (female = 1,137 (48.26%), mean age = 13.84, SD age = 1.37) in China, divided into high- and low-FoMO groups based on their scores on the FoMO scale, to examine the impact of four months of online learning on social anxiety and PSU. The Social Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Mobile Phone Addiction Index (MPAI) were used to assess social anxiety and PSU symptoms.ResultsThe undirected symptom networks revealed more bridge symptoms among the students in the high-FoMO group, although their overall symptom scores decreased. The results of the directed cross-lagged panel networks showed that “productivity loss” predicted other symptoms in the low-FoMO group but that “afraid of negative evaluation” was the predictor in the high-FoMO group. Meanwhile, “withdrawal/escape” and “productivity loss” were the symptoms that were most affected by other symptoms in the high-FoMO and low-FoMO groups, respectively.ConclusionsThe current study therefore sheds light on the changes in social anxiety and PSU symptoms among secondary school students during long-term online learning, as well as the moderating role of FoMO.

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Cognitive bias and fear of missing out (FoMO) among Chinese college students: the mediating effects of attentional control, need to belong and self-construal

Cited by 5 publications

References 66 publications

The effect of mindfulness on social media addiction among Chinese college students: A serial mediation model

The effect of mindfulness on social media addiction among Chinese college students: A serial mediation model

The relationship between childhood maltreatment and social anxiety among Chinese male individuals with drug use disorders: a moderated mediation model of fear of negative evaluation and self-construals

The impact of long-term online learning on social anxiety and problematic smartphone use symptoms among secondary school students with different levels of fear of missing out: Evidence from a symptom network and longitudinal panel network analysis

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