APS

2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024

Real-World Indifference and Virtual Kindness: The Impact of Fear of Missing out and Social Media Use on Youth Phubbing and Online Prosocial Behavior

San Francisco, CA · May 2024

Poster · Social

  • Gen Li
    University ot South Florida
  • Jie Luo
    UConn Storrs

Abstract

Path Analysis on the effects of Fear of Missing-Out (FoMO) and Problematic Social Media Use (PSMU) on Social Behaviors in 642 high school and college students showed that PSMU mediated FoMO's influence on phubbing behavior in both groups; whereas FoMO and PSMU's effects on online prosocial behavior varies across ages.

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