Effects of Personality Traits Concerning Media Use Decisions on Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Use Behavior
We could view the phenomenon of fear of missing out (FoMO) as a dilemma of too many choices about social media. Although there are already various studies on FoMO, there is still a lack of studies on what personality traits concerning media use decisions will contribute to FoMO or how FoMO mediates...
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| description | We could view the phenomenon of fear of missing out (FoMO) as a dilemma of too many choices about social media. Although there are already various studies on FoMO, there is still a lack of studies on what personality traits concerning media use decisions will contribute to FoMO or how FoMO mediates these personality traits and people’s social media use behavior, and, thus, corresponding negative emotions. This study explored the causes of FoMO in a FoMO moderated mediation model using maximizing tendency before the choice was made, social comparison orientation when making choices, and regrets tendency after the choice was made. The results showed that (1) there is a non-significant influence between maximizing tendency and FoMO, (2) regret tendency is a positive influence on FoMO, (3) social comparison orientation is a positive influence on FoMO, (4) FoMO is a positive influence on the compulsive use of social media and surveillance use of social media, (5) FoMO exhibited a full mediating effect on the relationship between regret tendency and social media surveillance use, (6) FoMO exhibited a full mediating effect on the relationship between social comparison orientation and social media compulsive use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e23f55d869034fb6a0b6e3f44e81bf342023-11-24T07:44:12ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2022-11-01121146010.3390/bs12110460Effects of Personality Traits Concerning Media Use Decisions on Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Use BehaviorSheng-Cheng Lin0Er-Ting Jian1Department of Information Management, Tunghai University, Taichung 407227, TaiwanDepartment of Information Management, Tunghai University, Taichung 407227, TaiwanWe could view the phenomenon of fear of missing out (FoMO) as a dilemma of too many choices about social media. Although there are already various studies on FoMO, there is still a lack of studies on what personality traits concerning media use decisions will contribute to FoMO or how FoMO mediates these personality traits and people’s social media use behavior, and, thus, corresponding negative emotions. This study explored the causes of FoMO in a FoMO moderated mediation model using maximizing tendency before the choice was made, social comparison orientation when making choices, and regrets tendency after the choice was made. The results showed that (1) there is a non-significant influence between maximizing tendency and FoMO, (2) regret tendency is a positive influence on FoMO, (3) social comparison orientation is a positive influence on FoMO, (4) FoMO is a positive influence on the compulsive use of social media and surveillance use of social media, (5) FoMO exhibited a full mediating effect on the relationship between regret tendency and social media surveillance use, (6) FoMO exhibited a full mediating effect on the relationship between social comparison orientation and social media compulsive use.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/11/460maximizing tendencyregret tendencysocial comparison orientationfear of missing outcompulsive usesurveillance use |
| spellingShingle | Sheng-Cheng Lin Er-Ting Jian Effects of Personality Traits Concerning Media Use Decisions on Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Use Behavior Behavioral Sciences maximizing tendency regret tendency social comparison orientation fear of missing out compulsive use surveillance use |
| title | Effects of Personality Traits Concerning Media Use Decisions on Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Use Behavior |
| title_full | Effects of Personality Traits Concerning Media Use Decisions on Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Use Behavior |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Personality Traits Concerning Media Use Decisions on Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Use Behavior |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Personality Traits Concerning Media Use Decisions on Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Use Behavior |
| title_short | Effects of Personality Traits Concerning Media Use Decisions on Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Use Behavior |
| title_sort | effects of personality traits concerning media use decisions on fear of missing out and social media use behavior |
| topic | maximizing tendency regret tendency social comparison orientation fear of missing out compulsive use surveillance use |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/12/11/460 |
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