Loneliness and academic performance mediates the relationship between fear of missing out and smartphone addiction among Iranian university students

Abstract Background Fear of missing out (FoMO) can increase loneliness and smartphone addiction and decrease academic performance in university students. Most studies investigated the relationship between FoMO and smartphone addiction in developed countries, and no studies were found to examine this...

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Main Authors: Vahid Alinejad, Naser Parizad, Malakeh Yarmohammadi, Moloud Radfar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-08-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04186-6