Fear of missing out and psychological well-being: Examining the dual pathways of problematic social media use and digital burnout.
The present study examined how fear of missing out (FoMO) relates to psychological well-being in a collectivist context through a sequential moderated mediation framework. Grounded in self-determination theory, the study assessed whether FoMO related to well-being indirectly via problematic social m...
| Publicado en: | Psychology, Health & Medicine Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 1341 - 1361 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=194804719&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 194804719 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13548506 0UX jtl: Psychology, Health & Medicine issn: 13548506 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jul2026 vid: 31 iid: 6 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 194804719 189447896 194804719 194804719 10.1080/13548506.2025.2587974 194804719 ppf: 1341 ppct: 20 formats: tig: atl: Fear of missing out and psychological well-being: Examining the dual pathways of problematic social media use and digital burnout. aug: au: Tufan, Cenk Köksal, Kemal Griffiths, Mark D. Terzioglu, Zeynep Ayça affil: Faculty of Applied Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkiye sug: subj: Psychological Well-Being Evaluation Fear Internet Addiction Psychosocial Factors Burnout, Professional Psychosocial Factors Time Management Evaluation Human Education, Masters Students, Undergraduate Psychosocial Factors Turkiye Surveys Male Female Adolescence Adult Social Media Structural Equation Modeling Confidence Intervals Chi Square Test Regression Questionnaires Burnout, Professional Risk Factors Internet Addiction Risk Factors Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Male Female ab: The present study examined how fear of missing out (FoMO) relates to psychological well-being in a collectivist context through a sequential moderated mediation framework. Grounded in self-determination theory, the study assessed whether FoMO related to well-being indirectly via problematic social media use (PSMU) and digital burnout (emotional exhaustion), and whether free time management (FTM; goal-setting and evaluation) moderated these associations. Cross-sectional data were collected from 570 sports science undergraduates in Türkiye. Results indicated that (i) FoMO was positively associated with PSMU, (ii) PSMU was positively associated with digital burnout, and (iii) digital burnout was negatively associated with well-being. This resulted in a sequential indirect association from FoMO to well-being via PSMU and digital burnout. Results also indicated that FoMO was indirectly associated with lower psychological well-being via higher PSMU and digital burnout. However, when these indirect associations were accounted for, FoMO showed a small positive direct association with well-being, a suppressor-like pattern consistent with socially oriented motivation in collectivist settings. FTM moderated several paths, buffering some associations while strengthening others, indicating conditional indirect associations. These findings nuance deficit-only views of FoMO and its socially-oriented aspects within collectivist settings and suggest that integrating digital literacy with time-management training may further support student well-being. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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