Wang Yuhua, Sun Yufei, Li Taiping
School of Education and Psychology, Hubei Engineering University, Xiaogan, China.
School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 Mar 19;16:1477239. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1477239. eCollection 2025.
This longitudinal study explored the mechanisms of loneliness, trait-fear of missing out (trait-FoMO), and state-fear of missing out (state-FoMO) on problematic social networking site use (PSNSU) among Chinese college students.
Data were collected in two waves. Overall, 417 college students (45.08% male and 54.92% female, with an average age of 19.87 ± 1.05) completed measures of loneliness and PSNSU at the first time point (T1), and measures of trait-FoMO, state-FoMO, and PSNSU 12 months later (T2).
(1) There were significant positive correlations among loneliness, trait-FoMO, state-FoMO, and PSNSU; (2) Trait-FoMO and state-FoMO fully mediated the relationship between loneliness and PSNSU; (3) there were two paths of loneliness that influenced PSNSU: loneliness was associated with PSNSU through the mediating role of trait-FoMO alone and the chain mediating role of trait- and state-FoMO.
This study highlights the need to accurately distinguish between trait-FoMO and state-FoMO, considering their different underlying mechanisms in addressing problematic network problems among college students.
本纵向研究探讨了孤独感、特质性错失恐惧（特质性FoMO）和状态性错失恐惧（状态性FoMO）对中国大学生社交网站使用问题（PSNSU）的影响机制。
分两波收集数据。总体而言，417名大学生（男性占45.08%，女性占54.92%，平均年龄19.87±1.05岁）在第一个时间点（T1）完成了孤独感和PSNSU的测量，并在12个月后（T2）完成了特质性FoMO、状态性FoMO和PSNSU的测量。
（1）孤独感、特质性FoMO、状态性FoMO和PSNSU之间存在显著的正相关；（2）特质性FoMO和状态性FoMO完全中介了孤独感与PSNSU之间的关系；（3）孤独感影响PSNSU有两条路径：孤独感通过特质性FoMO的单独中介作用以及特质性和状态性FoMO的链式中介作用与PSNSU相关。
本研究强调需要准确区分特质性FoMO和状态性FoMO，考虑它们在解决大学生网络使用问题方面的不同潜在机制。
