“…The second limitation relates to the lack of studies that attempt to investigate potential protective factors that can help to attenuate the negative association between FoMO and emotional well-being. Given the prevalence of FoMO in young adult populations (Elhai et al, 2020a(Elhai et al, , 2021Milyavskaya et al, 2018) and importance of emotional well-being to almost all aspects of life outcomes-including physical health (Hernandez et al, 2017;Paggi et al, 2016), quality of life (Skevington & Böhnke, 2018), social relations (Kaveladze et al, 2020), and job success (Harvey et al, 2011;Wright & Cropanzano, 2000)-it is imperative to examine potential protective factors that can help individuals to cope with the emotional consequences of FoMO. This is especially pertinent in Asian contexts due to the stronger link between FoMO and psychopathology (e.g., anxiety) symptoms in Chinese young adults as compared to samples from Western countries (Elhai et al, 2020a).…”