He Bofeng, Tan Zhenjing, Lai Kaiying, Qiu Boyu, Wang Suiping
Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, China.
School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Front Psychol. 2024 Apr 18;15:1382440. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1382440. eCollection 2024.
The fear of missing out is a generalized anxiety stemming from the possibility of not being present at new events or advantageous situations of others. To explore potential mechanisms, a survey measuring the impact of event, coping style, anxiety, and fear of missing out was conducted with 1,014 college students (367 males and 647 females, aged 19-24 years). In addition, the study delved deeper into the dimensions of intrusion, avoidance, and hyperarousal concerning the impact of event, examining their roles in coping style, anxiety, and fear of missing out. Results showed that: (1) The impact of event could predict the fear of missing out positively. (2) A more positive coping style is negatively associated with anxiety. (3) A chain mediation effect of coping style and anxiety is observed in the path from hyperarousal and avoidance to the fear of missing out. (4) In contrast to the hyperarousal or avoidance, the path from intrusion to the fear of missing out is mediated by anxiety but not coping style. These findings motivate us to implement different intervention tactics for varying impacts of events.
错失恐惧症是一种普遍的焦虑情绪，源于可能无法参与新事件或他人的有利情境。为探究潜在机制，对1014名大学生（367名男性和647名女性，年龄在19 - 24岁之间）进行了一项调查，测量事件影响、应对方式、焦虑和错失恐惧症。此外，该研究更深入地探讨了事件影响在侵入、回避和过度唤醒方面的维度，考察它们在应对方式、焦虑和错失恐惧症中的作用。结果表明：（1）事件影响能正向预测错失恐惧症。（2）更积极的应对方式与焦虑呈负相关。（3）在从过度唤醒和回避到错失恐惧症的路径中，观察到应对方式和焦虑的链式中介效应。（4）与过度唤醒或回避不同，从侵入到错失恐惧症的路径由焦虑而非应对方式介导。这些发现促使我们针对不同的事件影响采取不同的干预策略。
