The effect of event impact on fear of missing out: the chain mediation effect of coping styles and anxiety
The fear of missing out is a generalized anxiety stemming from the possibility of not being present at new events or advantageous situations of others. To explore potential mechanisms, a survey measuring the impact of event, coping style, anxiety, and fear of missing out was conducted with 1,014 col...
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| author | Bofeng He Bofeng He Bofeng He Zhenjing Tan Zhenjing Tan Kaiying Lai Boyu Qiu Suiping Wang Suiping Wang |
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| description | The fear of missing out is a generalized anxiety stemming from the possibility of not being present at new events or advantageous situations of others. To explore potential mechanisms, a survey measuring the impact of event, coping style, anxiety, and fear of missing out was conducted with 1,014 college students (367 males and 647 females, aged 19–24 years). In addition, the study delved deeper into the dimensions of intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal concerning the impact of event, examining their roles in coping style, anxiety, and fear of missing out. Results showed that: (1) The impact of event could predict the fear of missing out positively. (2) A more positive coping style is negatively associated with anxiety. (3) A chain mediation effect of coping style and anxiety is observed in the path from hyperarousal and avoidance to the fear of missing out. (4) In contrast to the hyperarousal or avoidance, the path from intrusion to the fear of missing out is mediated by anxiety but not coping style. These findings motivate us to implement different intervention tactics for varying impacts of events. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b647e78d11e7402dbbb3bf78bb23069d2024-04-18T05:03:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-04-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.13824401382440The effect of event impact on fear of missing out: the chain mediation effect of coping styles and anxietyBofeng He0Bofeng He1Bofeng He2Zhenjing Tan3Zhenjing Tan4Kaiying Lai5Boyu Qiu6Suiping Wang7Suiping Wang8Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Education, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Public Health, Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, ChinaGuangzhou Institute of Educational Research, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, ChinaPhilosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, ChinaSchool of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, ChinaThe fear of missing out is a generalized anxiety stemming from the possibility of not being present at new events or advantageous situations of others. To explore potential mechanisms, a survey measuring the impact of event, coping style, anxiety, and fear of missing out was conducted with 1,014 college students (367 males and 647 females, aged 19–24 years). In addition, the study delved deeper into the dimensions of intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal concerning the impact of event, examining their roles in coping style, anxiety, and fear of missing out. Results showed that: (1) The impact of event could predict the fear of missing out positively. (2) A more positive coping style is negatively associated with anxiety. (3) A chain mediation effect of coping style and anxiety is observed in the path from hyperarousal and avoidance to the fear of missing out. (4) In contrast to the hyperarousal or avoidance, the path from intrusion to the fear of missing out is mediated by anxiety but not coping style. These findings motivate us to implement different intervention tactics for varying impacts of events.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1382440/fullimpact of eventfear of missing outcoping stylesanxietyself-regulation |
| spellingShingle | Bofeng He Bofeng He Bofeng He Zhenjing Tan Zhenjing Tan Kaiying Lai Boyu Qiu Suiping Wang Suiping Wang The effect of event impact on fear of missing out: the chain mediation effect of coping styles and anxiety Frontiers in Psychology impact of event fear of missing out coping styles anxiety self-regulation |
| title | The effect of event impact on fear of missing out: the chain mediation effect of coping styles and anxiety |
| title_full | The effect of event impact on fear of missing out: the chain mediation effect of coping styles and anxiety |
| title_fullStr | The effect of event impact on fear of missing out: the chain mediation effect of coping styles and anxiety |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of event impact on fear of missing out: the chain mediation effect of coping styles and anxiety |
| title_short | The effect of event impact on fear of missing out: the chain mediation effect of coping styles and anxiety |
| title_sort | effect of event impact on fear of missing out the chain mediation effect of coping styles and anxiety |
| topic | impact of event fear of missing out coping styles anxiety self-regulation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1382440/full |
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