Fear of missing out and social media use
A three-wave longitudinal study on the interplay with psychological need satisfaction and psychological well-being
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6443571 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ellen Groenestein (0000-0002-1155-9294, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands, corresponding author), Lotte M Willemsen (0000-0001-5836-9458, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences), Lotte Willemsen (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands), Guido M Van Koningsbruggen (0000-0001-9250-6663, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Peter Kerkhof (0000-0002-2700-2204, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 4205-4227 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Media & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14614448241235935 |
| OpenAlex | W4392750350 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 35 |
This three-wave longitudinal study ( n = 1341) examined between- and within-person effects linking fear of missing out (FoMO) and social media use to psychological need satisfaction and well-being over time. As such, this study tests the premise that FoMO can be understood as a self-regulatory limbo, arising from deficits in psychological need satisfaction and/or lower well-being. This limbo is suggested to lead to reciprocal relations between these constructs, yet no study so far has formally put this to the test. At the between-person level, all variables were related. At the within-person level, part of a reciprocal trajectory for FoMO and social media use was found. FoMO at T1 predicted social media use at T2, which subsequently predicted FoMO at T3. The results provide partial evidence of a self-regulatory limbo and raise questions about current theorizing in which such a process is believed to arise from deficits in psychological need satisfaction and psychological well-being
Longitudinal study · Psychological well-being · Social media · Sociology · Third wave · World Wide Web · Applied Psychology · Child Development and Digital Technology · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 6 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |