College Students' Social Media Addiction and Sleep Problems

Chain Mediating Effects of Fear of Missing Out and Nocturnal Social Media Use

Bibliographic Data

ID13918010
AuthorsTingrong Yu (Student Administration Office, Yunnan Agricultural University, People's Republic of China, corresponding author), Gen Zhang (0000-0002-2616-9483, Universiti Sains Malaysia), Zhang Gen (0009-0007-2748-3005, Universiti Sains Malaysia)
Year2023
Volume51
Issue6
Pages1-9
Publication date2023-06-20
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Behavior and Personality An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0301-2212 • E-ISSN: 1179-6391
PublisherScientific Journal Publishers Limited (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2224/sbp.12176
OpenAlexW4382568410
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This study investigated the effect of social media addiction on sleep problems in college students, and the chain mediating effects in this relationship of fear of missing out and nocturnal social media use. We conducted a survey of 907 college students in China using the Social Media Addiction Scale, the Fear of Missing Out Scale, the Nocturnal Social Media Use Scale, and the Pittsburgh Sleep Index Scale. Results showed that social media addiction significantly and positively predicted poor sleep quality, and that fear of missing out and nocturnal social media use had a chain mediating effect in this relationship. Reducing social media addiction and nocturnal social media use, and developing education-guided measures aimed at reducing fear of missing out will be beneficial to improving the sleep quality of college students

Addiction · Insomnia · Nocturnal · Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index · Psychiatry · Scale (ratio · Sleep quality · Social media · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Mind wandering and attention · Psychology · Social Psychology

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