School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, China.
International Gaming Research Unit, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK.
J Affect Disord. 2020 Sep 1;274:711-718. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.05.103. Epub 2020 May 24.
Research into the 'fear of missing out' (FoMO) has greatly increased in recent years. In Asia, many university students frequently use social networking sites (SNSs) via their smartphone. There has also been some studies examining problematic social media use, but there are few Chinese studies concerning FoMO. This may be partly due to the lack of standardized measurement tools for assessing FoMO. Therefore, the present study psychometrically validated the Chinese version of the Trait-State Fear of Missing Out Scale (T-SFoMOS-C) and tested its reliability, validity and measurement invariance among Chinese university students.
A total of 2,017 university students (aged 17 to 25 years) completed an online survey including the Chinese Trait-State Fear of missing Out Scale (T-SFoMOS-C), the Social Network Site Intensity Scale (SNSIS), and the International Positive and Negative Affect Scale short-form (I-PANAS-SF).
Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis was carried out on the T-SFoMOS-C. Confirmatory factor analysis (χ = 177.49, df = 50, p < .01; TLI = 0.959; CFI = 0.960; SRMR = 0.038; RMSEA = 0.050) and measurement invariance showed that the T-SFoMOS-C for university students had good construct validity among different groups. The internal consistency of the T-SFoMOS-C (0.81), the test-retest reliability (0.81), and the composite reliability of state-FoMO and trait-FoMO (0.76 and 0.80) were also good. The T-SFoMOS-C was significantly correlated with the SNSIS (0.40) and the Negative Affect (NA) (0.26), respectively.
The T-SFoMOS-C is relatively reliable and valid among different groups, supporting its utility among Chinese university students.
近年来，对“错失恐惧”（Fear of Missing Out，FoMO）的研究大幅增加。在亚洲，许多大学生经常通过智能手机使用社交网络（Social Networking Site，SNS）。也有一些研究检查了社交媒体的使用问题，但关于 FoMO 的中文研究很少。这可能部分归因于缺乏评估 FoMO 的标准化测量工具。因此，本研究对特质-状态错失恐惧量表（Trait-State Fear of Missing Out Scale，T-SFoMOS-C）的中文版进行了心理测量学验证，并测试了其在中国大学生中的信度、效度和测量不变性。
共有 2017 名大学生（年龄 17 至 25 岁）完成了一项在线调查，包括中文版特质-状态错失恐惧量表（T-SFoMOS-C）、社交网络网站强度量表（Social Network Site Intensity Scale，SNSIS）和国际正负面情绪量表短式（International Positive and Negative Affect Scale short-form，I-PANAS-SF）。
对 T-SFoMOS-C 进行了项目分析和探索性因素分析。验证性因素分析（χ=177.49，df=50，p<.01；TLI=0.959；CFI=0.960；SRMR=0.038；RMSEA=0.050）和测量不变性表明，T-SFoMOS-C 对不同群体的大学生具有良好的结构效度。T-SFoMOS-C 的内部一致性（0.81）、测试-重测信度（0.81）以及状态 FoMO 和特质 FoMO 的综合信度（0.76 和 0.80）也很好。T-SFoMOS-C 与 SNSIS（0.40）和负性情绪（Negative Affect，NA）（0.26）分别呈显著相关。
T-SFoMOS-C 在不同群体中具有较好的信度和效度，支持其在中国大学生中的应用。
