Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Fear of Missing Out: Friend Support Moderated the Mediating Effect of Individual Relative Deprivation

Mobile devices have become a basic necessity in people's lives owing to convenience and ease of use. However, mobile device use is also associated with problematic experiences, including “fear of missing out” (FOMO) (e.g., Chotpitayasunondh and Douglas, 2016; Hoffner et al., 2016). FOMO is a pervasive apprehension that others might benefit from rewarding experiences from which one was absent (Przybylski et al., 2013). Such fears may lead to people to feel they cannot say “no” to anything, even when overextended (Hanlon, 2016).

Source: Psychiatry Research - July 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Xiaochun Xie, Yuhui Wang, Pengcheng Wang, Fengqing Zhao, Li Lei Source Type: research