%0 Journal Article
%T Fear of missing out (FoMO) and rumination mediate relations between social anxiety and problematic Facebook use
%A Abigail E. Dempsey
%A Kelsey D. O'Brien
%A Mojisola F. Tiamiyu
%J Archive of "Addictive Behaviors Reports".
%D 2019
%R 10.1016/j.abrep.2018.100150
%X Prior research has found that psychopathology constructs such as depression and anxiety are associated with problematic use of Facebook (PFU). In the present study, we examined a structural equation model whereby depression, social anxiety and lower life satisfaction predicted PFU severity, while analyzing mediating variables including rumination, fear of missing out (FoMO), and frequency of Facebook use, as well as age and gender as covariates
%K Social networking site use
%K Problematic social networking site use
%K Fear of missing out
%K Rumination
%K Social anxiety
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542373/