Mediating roles of fear of missing out and boredom proneness on psychological distress and social media addiction among Indian adolescents
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Objective The closure of schools and other educational institutes around the world has been one of the consequences of the COVID-19 and has resulted in online teaching. To facilitate online teaching, there has been an increase in the use of smartphones and tablets among adolescents. However, such enhancement in technology use may put many adolescents at the risk of problematic use of social media. Consequently, the present study explored the direct relationship of psychological distress with social media addiction. The relationship between the two was also assessed indirectly via the fear of missing out (FoMO) and boredom proneness.Methods A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with 505 Indian adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, studying in grades 7 to 12. Standardized tools (with some modifications to suit the context of the present study) were used to collect data.Results The results showed significant positive associations between psychological distress, social media addiction, FoMO, and boredom proneness. Psychological distress was found to be a significant predictor of social media addiction. Moreover, FoMO and boredom proneness partially mediated the relationships between psychological distress and social media addiction.Discussion The present study is the first to provide evidence for the specific pathways of FoMO and boredom proneness in the relationships between psychological distress and social media addiction.
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Boredom proneness has been investigated as an indicator to various internet addiction, including broad internet addiction, smartphone addiction, social media addiction.
“Boredom proneness has been investigated as an indicator to various internet addiction, including broad internet addiction (Chou et al., 2018), smartphone addiction (Yang et al., 2020), social media addiction (Malik et al., 2023).”
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- Authors
- Malik, L., Shahnawaz, M. G., Rehman, U., Pragyendu, Uniyal, R., & Griffiths, M. D.
- Affiliations
- Amity University Mumbai (IN)
- Aligarh Muslim University (IN)
- University of Delhi (IN)
- Jamia Millia Islamia (IN)
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- Venue
- Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science
- Published
- 2023-06-06
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 224-234
- ISSN
- 2366-5963 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC10242220
- OpenAlex
- W4379521052
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 73
- Citations by year
- 2026: 11 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 15.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2023-06-15)
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Nottingham Trent University's Institutional Repository (Nottingham Trent Repository) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- fear of missing out, boredom proneness, psychological distress, social media addiction, adolescents, mediation, COVID-19 school closures, online learning, smartphone use
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