The impact of social identity on online game addiction: the mediating role of the fear of missing out (FoMO) and the moderating role of the need to belong

ALPTEKİN, Hazal DUMAN; Özkara, Behçet Yalın

doi:10.1007/s12144-019-00392-w

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“…However, as can be clear in Table-4, no significant relationship was found among the participants' frequency of social media use, YouTube use, and their FoMO levels. This finding can be seen quite striking contrary to the studies (Alt and Boniel-Nissim, 2018;van Rooij et al, 2018;Duman and Ozkara, 2019) that associate FoMO with social media addiction. A linear regression model was applied to test the H1 hypothesis, which predicts that fear of missing out has a direct effect on general intrusiveness perception and adskipping habit (Table 5).…”

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An Empirical Approach on Pre-roll Advertising through Narrative Ads and FoMO

Çam

2020

Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi

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The narrative impact has long been studied in the marketing communication discipline and associated with different advertising topics. In this context, the present study aims to explore connections among narrative ads, intrusiveness perception, and skipping behavior within the scope of digital video advertising. Besides, fear of missing out (FoMO), which is predicted to be related to the mentioned pre-roll advertising factors was included as another independent variable in the research process. Thus, the connections of narrative ads and FoMO with pre-roll advertising were compared.An experimental design was conducted to test research hypotheses, and data were collected through within-subjects repeated measures procedure. While the findings supported the impact of narrative ads on advertising avoidance, no significant correlation of FoMO with skipping habit has been reported.

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An Empirical Approach on Pre-roll Advertising through Narrative Ads and FoMO

Çam

2020

Akdeniz Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi Dergisi

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“…FOMO contributes to PIU, in an attempt to fulfill social relatedness needs through online social contact (Przybylski et al, 2013). Prior work found FOMO related to increased levels of PSU (Elhai, Gallinari, Rozgonjuk, & Yang, 2020; Elhai, Yang, Rozgonjuk, & Montag, 2020; Sha et al, 2019), and GD (Duman & Ozkara, in press). Therefore, we hypothesized the following:Hypothesis FOMO should positively relate to greater PSU and GD severity .…”

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“…In fact, FOMO is an important influence driving excessive digital technology use to satisfy social relatedness needs (reviewed in Elhai et al, in press). FOMO demonstrates moderate‐to‐large relations with levels of excessive smartphone use (Elhai, Gallinari, Rozgonjuk, & Yang, 2020; Elhai, Yang, Rozgonjuk, & Montag, 2020; Sha, Sariyska, Riedl, Lachmann, & Montag, 2019), social networking site use (Casale & Fioravanti, 2020; Dempsey, O'Brien, Tiamiyu, & Elhai, 2019; Sha et al, 2019), and internet gaming (Duman & Ozkara, in press).…”

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Health anxiety related to problematic smartphone use and gaming disorder severity during COVID ‐19: Fear of missing out as a mediator

Elhai

McKay

Yang

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Human Behav and Emerg Tech

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Health anxiety has been linked with fear and anxiety regarding COVID‐19. Higher levels of health anxiety likely increased social distancing and self‐isolating during the pandemic. We investigated relations among health anxiety, fear of missing out (FOMO) on rewarding social experiences from social distancing, and consequential levels of problematic smartphone use (PSU) and gaming disorder (GD). We surveyed a broad sample of 812 U.S. and Canadian participants during the pandemic, in late‐May 2020, using the Short Health Anxiety Inventory, FOMO Scale, Smartphone Addiction Scale‐Short Version, and GD test. Significant bivariate relationships were found among health anxiety, FOMO, PSU, and GD severity. Using structural equation modeling, FOMO mediated relations between health anxiety and both PSU and GD severity. We discuss FOMO as an important variable explaining problematic digital technology use to compensate for unmet social needs from social distancing. We discuss these findings within the context of the Interaction of Person‐Affect‐Cognition‐Execution theoretical model of problematic internet use. Results offer novel insight into the role of health anxiety on FOMO from unmet social needs during the COVID‐19 pandemic, and consequential problematic internet use.

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“…Duman and Ozkara [47] Offline Need to belong The research looks for FoMO tendencies in adolescents with anxiety and depression.…”

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A Study on Bandwagon Consumption Behavior Based on Fear of Missing Out and Product Characteristics

Inwon

2020

Sustainability

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There have been unusual collective consumption phenomena that consumer behavior conforms to as part of the pursuit of specific brands (e.g., teenagers wearing the same brand jacket). In order to explain bandwagon consumption behavior, previous studies focused on brand, personal traits, and group characteristics. However, previous studies seem somewhat limited in explaining excessive bandwagon consumption. This study addresses a psychological trait, the Fear of Missing out (FoMO), which describes why people want to belong to a main group. Along with FoMO, product characteristics influence bandwagon consumption behavior because consumers may show different behaviors for different product categories. Hence, this study combines FoMO levels (high/low) and product category (luxury/necessity) to explain bandwagon consumption behavior. The results reveal that the combination of high FoMO and luxury shows the strongest bandwagon consumption behavior. The next strongest combination is low FoMO and necessity, followed by high FoMO and necessity, and low FoMO and luxury. Based on these findings, this study might present implications for understanding excessive bandwagon consumption based on psychological traits and product characteristics, which makes it possible for marketers to provide customizing products and services as well as advertising messages for young consumers groups who experience high levels of FoMO when establishing their marketing strategies.

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The impact of social identity on online game addiction: the mediating role of the fear of missing out (FoMO) and the moderating role of the need to belong

Cited by 40 publications

References 60 publications

An Empirical Approach on Pre-roll Advertising through Narrative Ads and FoMO

An Empirical Approach on Pre-roll Advertising through Narrative Ads and FoMO

Health anxiety related to problematic smartphone use and gaming disorder severity during COVID ‐19: Fear of missing out as a mediator

A Study on Bandwagon Consumption Behavior Based on Fear of Missing Out and Product Characteristics

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