Social comparison of ability and fear of missing out mediate the relationship between subjective well-being and social network site addiction

As social network sites (SNS) gain more users, the problem of unhealthy user behavior such as SNS addiction arises. We conducted a cross-sectional study (n = 296) on how subjective well-being (SWB) relates to SNS addiction by investigating two possible mediators: social comparison and the fear of mi...

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Main Authors: Philipp Steinberger, Hyunji Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1157489/full