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Background <p>With the widespread use of social media, the potential for problematic use has increased, making it crucial to understand the factors influencing its development and maintenance. Based on the I-PACE theory (through interaction of predisposing and mediating variables), the present exploratory study investigated the relationships between psychological distress, interpersonal sensitivity, and trait-FoMO with the severity of problematic social media use (PSMU) through boredom and state-FoMO as serial mediating variables.</p> Method <p>Using an online survey, 1033 participants (71% females; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 28.74 years [SD ± 9.2]) completed the Social Networking Addiction Questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure, Fear of Missing Out Questionnaire, and Short Boredom Proneness Scale.</p> Results <p>Analysis using structural equation modeling showed significant associations between PSMU and depression, stress, and interpersonal sensitivity, with the serial mediation of boredom and state-FoMO playing a significant role in these associations. However, anxiety did not demonstrate a significant direct association with PSMU, nor did it play a significant role through the serial mediation of boredom and state-FoMO.</p> Conclusion <p>The present study suggests that trait-FoMO as a predisposing variable and state-FoMO as mediating variable have a significant relationship with PSMU and other variables, and is the first study to examine the serial mediating roles of boredom and state-FoMO in PSMU.</p>

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Psychological Distress, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Trait-FoMO with Problematic Use of Social Media: The Mediating Roles of Boredom and State-FoMO

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    2025年1月6日

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  • Afsane Yoosefi,
  • Shima Shakiba,
  • Hamidreza Hassanabadi,
  • Behrooz Dolatshahi,
  • Mark D. Griffiths,
  • Balal Izanloo,
  • Fahime Maleki

摘要

Background

With the widespread use of social media, the potential for problematic use has increased, making it crucial to understand the factors influencing its development and maintenance. Based on the I-PACE theory (through interaction of predisposing and mediating variables), the present exploratory study investigated the relationships between psychological distress, interpersonal sensitivity, and trait-FoMO with the severity of problematic social media use (PSMU) through boredom and state-FoMO as serial mediating variables.

Method

Using an online survey, 1033 participants (71% females; Mage = 28.74 years [SD ± 9.2]) completed the Social Networking Addiction Questionnaire, Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure, Fear of Missing Out Questionnaire, and Short Boredom Proneness Scale.

Results

Analysis using structural equation modeling showed significant associations between PSMU and depression, stress, and interpersonal sensitivity, with the serial mediation of boredom and state-FoMO playing a significant role in these associations. However, anxiety did not demonstrate a significant direct association with PSMU, nor did it play a significant role through the serial mediation of boredom and state-FoMO.

Conclusion

The present study suggests that trait-FoMO as a predisposing variable and state-FoMO as mediating variable have a significant relationship with PSMU and other variables, and is the first study to examine the serial mediating roles of boredom and state-FoMO in PSMU.