Modeling Causal Relationship between Fear of Missing Out, Mindfulness, and Social Media Addiction among University Students

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Mental Health at the Faculty of Education in Dakahlia, Al-Azhar University, Egypt.

Abstract

The aim of the research was to examine the direct and indirect effects of fear of missing out (FOMO) as an independent variable on social media addiction as a dependent variable, through mindfulness as a mediating variable among university students. The researcher proposed a model hypothesizing the existence of direct and indirect effects of FOMO on social media addiction. The main sample of the research consisted of 516 students, including 273 male students and 243 female students from the Faculty of Education in Tuhna El-Ashraf, Al-Azhar University, and the Faculty of Islamic and Arabic Studies for Girls in Sadat, Al-Azhar University. The average age of the participants was 21.39 years, with a standard deviation of 0.452. The research tools included a scale for fear of missing out, a scale for social media addiction (developed by the researcher), and a mindfulness scale (Bear et al., 2006). After statistically analyzing the data using path analysis, the results indicated a good fit between the proposed path analysis model and the research sample data regarding the various relationships between the research variables. There were statistically significant direct effects of FOMO on social media addiction, statistically significant direct effects of FOMO on mindfulness, and statistically significant direct effects of mindfulness on social media addiction Additionally, there were statistically significant indirect effects of FOMO on social media addiction through mindfulness. A similarity was also found in the path analysis model of FOMO, mindfulness, and social media addiction between males and females.

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