Exploring the role of positive metacognitions in explaining the association between the fear of missing out and social media addiction

Casale, Silvia; Rugai, Laura; Fioravanti, Giulia

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.05.020

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“…Social exclusion also elicits feelings of worthlessness [ 12 ]. These feelings lead people to the act of comparing themselves to others on social media [ 20 ] with the purpose of deciding upon their own personal value [ 21 ]. Social networks offer a place where consumers, particularly young generations, can continuously keep up with what peers are doing and checking on what they are missing out on (e.g., social events, life experiences, life opportunities, and so on and so forth).…”

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Fear of Missing Out as a Predictor of Problematic Social Media Use and Phubbing Behavior among Flemish Adolescents

Franchina

Abeele

Rooij

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Fear-of-missing-out (FOMO) refers to feelings of anxiety that arise from the realization that you may be missing out on rewarding experiences that others are having. FOMO can be identified as an intra-personal trait that drives people to stay up to date of what other people are doing, among others on social media platforms. Drawing from the findings of a large-scale survey study among 2663 Flemish teenagers, this study explores the relationships between FOMO, social media use, problematic social media use (PSMU) and phubbing behavior. In line with our expectations, FOMO was a positive predictor of both how frequently teenagers use several social media platforms and of how many platforms they actively use. FOMO was a stronger predictor of the use of social media platforms that are more private (e.g., Facebook, Snapchat) than platforms that are more public in nature (e.g., Twitter, Youtube). FOMO predicted phubbing behavior both directly and indirectly via its relationship with PSMU. These findings support extant research that points towards FOMO as a factor explaining teenagers’ social media use.

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fear of Missing Out as a Predictor of Problematic Social Media Use and Phubbing Behavior among Flemish Adolescents

Franchina

Abeele

Rooij

et al. 2018

IJERPH

235

147

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“…The fear-of-missing-out (FoMO) construct seems to be a potential mediating factor. Several studies illustrated the importance of FoMO as a risk factor of problematic social networks use [61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69]. Furthermore, FoMO mediated the effect of specific predisposing variables (e.g., interpersonal sensitivity, depression, social anxiety, self-esteem) on tendencies of social networks use disorder [65,66,70,71].…”

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A narrative Overview About Psychosocial Characteristics as Risk Factors of a Problematic Social Networks Use

Wegmann

Brand

2019

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Purpose of Review Social networks use disorder describes the problematic use of social networking sites and onlinecommunication applications. Social characteristic of social networks use emphasizes the special relevance of psychosocial factors and social cognitions in this context. The current review aims at summarizing findings on individual psychosocial characteristics to analyze the relevance of social processes as potential mechanisms of a social networks use disorder. Recent Findings The empirical overview illustrates that, aside from psychopathological factors, individual psychosocial characteristics and social cognitions as well as their interactions appear to be relevant risk factors for a problematic use of social networks. However, empirical findings are mixed. Summary We propose two hypotheses on the development of a potential social networks use disorder that might account for mixed results: the fear-driven/compensation-seeking hypothesis including compensatory use expectancies and the reward-driven hypothesis including positive use expectancies as key elements, both of which could lead to symptoms of social networks use disorder depending on interindividual differences in predisposing and reinforcing factors.

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“…Similarly, positive metacognitions (Spada et al, 2015) have been conceptualized as specific beliefs related to a behavior as a way to control and regulate cognition and emotion. Several studies have found that these metacognitions strongly promote individuals' engagement in Internet-related problematic behaviors (Spada et al, 2007(Spada et al, , 2015Casale et al, 2016Casale et al, , 2018Spada and Marino, 2017). Nevertheless, within the OBC framework, the relationships between appearance control beliefs and SNS use and misuse are still unexplored.…”

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Objectified Body Consciousness, Body Image Control in Photos, and Problematic Social Networking: The Role of Appearance Control Beliefs

2020

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At present, adolescents' photo-taking and photo-sharing on social media represent ubiquitous practices and objectified body consciousness (OBC) might offer a useful framework to explore online self-presentation and social networking site (SNS) use. Indeed, SNS might represent a highly accessible medium for socializing with selfobjectification. However, the relationship between OBC components and problematic SNS use is still understudied. The present study evaluated the previously unexplored predictive role of appearance control beliefs on problematic SNS use, testing the mediating effect of body image control in photos (BICP) across male and female groups. A total of 693 adolescents (55% females; mean age 16 years) participated in the study. Results showed the negatively predictive role of appearance control beliefs on control over body image in photos. Moreover, BICP mediated the appearance control beliefs' negative effect on problematic SNS use in girls. The present study tested the unexplored effect of appearance control beliefs upon problematic SNS use, contributing to the OBC research field and the ongoing debate concerning predictive and protective factors in problematic SNS use.

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Exploring the role of positive metacognitions in explaining the association between the fear of missing out and social media addiction

Cited by 127 publications

References 29 publications

Fear of Missing Out as a Predictor of Problematic Social Media Use and Phubbing Behavior among Flemish Adolescents

Fear of Missing Out as a Predictor of Problematic Social Media Use and Phubbing Behavior among Flemish Adolescents

A narrative Overview About Psychosocial Characteristics as Risk Factors of a Problematic Social Networks Use

Objectified Body Consciousness, Body Image Control in Photos, and Problematic Social Networking: The Role of Appearance Control Beliefs

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