Zhang Yiheng
Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Front Psychol. 2025 Jul 25;16:1583921. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1583921. eCollection 2025.
This study explores the bidirectional relationship between fear of missing out (FoMO) and social media addiction, with particular attention to the mediating role of volitional control. A total of 621 participants completed an online survey incorporating three validated instruments: the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (α = 0.974), the Trait-State Misplaced Anxiety Scale (α = 0.951), and the Volitional Control Questionnaire (α = 0.709). Following data cleaning, 88.71% of responses were retained for analysis. Using SPSS 26.0 and AMOS, descriptive statistics, hierarchical regression, and mediation analyses were performed. The results demonstrate a robust positive association between FoMO and social media addiction. FoMO was found to influence social media addiction both directly and indirectly via volitional control, whereas social media addiction affected FoMO only through direct pathways. Notably, volitional control partially mediated the effect of FoMO on social media addiction but did not mediate the reverse relationship. These findings offer valuable theoretical insights into the dynamic interplay between FoMO and social media addiction and suggest that strengthening volitional control may be key to developing effective interventions targeting problematic social media use.
本研究探讨错失恐惧（FoMO）与社交媒体成瘾之间的双向关系，特别关注意志控制的中介作用。共有621名参与者完成了一项在线调查，该调查纳入了三种经过验证的工具：卑尔根社交媒体成瘾量表（α = 0.974）、特质-状态错位焦虑量表（α = 0.951）和意志控制问卷（α = 0.709）。在进行数据清理后，保留了88.71%的回复用于分析。使用SPSS 26.0和AMOS进行了描述性统计、分层回归和中介分析。结果表明，错失恐惧与社交媒体成瘾之间存在强烈的正相关。研究发现，错失恐惧通过意志控制直接和间接地影响社交媒体成瘾，而社交媒体成瘾仅通过直接途径影响错失恐惧。值得注意的是，意志控制部分中介了错失恐惧对社交媒体成瘾的影响，但没有中介反向关系。这些发现为错失恐惧与社交媒体成瘾之间的动态相互作用提供了有价值的理论见解，并表明加强意志控制可能是制定针对有问题社交媒体使用的有效干预措施的关键。
