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“I don’t want to miss a thing”: Adolescents’ fear of missing out and its relationship to adolescents’ social needs, Facebook use, and Facebook related stress

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Beyens, Ine, Frison, Eline, Eggermont, Steven·2016·Computers in Human Behavior
DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.083
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  • Individuals who experience higher levels of FoMO want to feel as if they belong in their social settings, express higher levels of social envy, and experience feelings that they are being socially excluded.

    “Individuals who experience higher levels of FoMO want to feel as if they belong in their social settings, express higher levels of social envy, and experience feelings that they are being socially excluded [54,61].”

    From Fear of missing out, social media influencers, and the social, psychological and financial wellbeing of young consumers (2025) · cites this paper as [54]

    The Results report that, among adolescents, a stronger need to belong was associated with higher FoMO, and higher FoMO was associated with greater stress about not belonging or being popular on Facebook. The paper does not report higher social envy, and its finding about Facebook-related stress does not establish that people with higher FoMO generally feel socially excluded. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Social media influencer-focused consumers struggle in their efforts to belong in their social settings.

    “It has been shown that social media influencer-focused consumers struggle in their efforts to belong in their social settings [54,60].”

    From Fear of missing out, social media influencers, and the social, psychological and financial wellbeing of young consumers (2025) · cites this paper as [54]

    The Results and section 4.2 report that adolescents’ fear of missing out was associated with stress about not belonging to peers on Facebook. The paper studies adolescents’ Facebook use, not influencer-focused consumers, and does not establish that those consumers struggle to belong in their social settings. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • For the sample of younger consumers, anxiety of missing out can lead individuals to turn to social media, which can lead to more interactions with social media influencers.

    “The results confirm for our sample of younger consumers that the anxiety of missing out on socially interactive events and experiences can have individuals turn to social media, which, in turn, can lead to more interactions with social media influencers [54,55].”

    From Fear of missing out, social media influencers, and the social, psychological and financial wellbeing of young consumers (2025) · cites this paper as [54]

    Section 4.1 reports that, among adolescents, greater fear of missing out was associated with greater Facebook use. The paper does not establish that this relationship is causal or that Facebook use leads to more interactions with social media influencers; it studies adolescents rather than the citing paper’s sample of younger consumers. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • FoMO occurs when an individual's interpersonal needs are not met.

    “FoMO occurred when an individual’s interpersonal needs were not met [8, 24].”

    From The effect of fear of missing out on mental health: differences in different solitude behaviors (2023) · cites this paper as [24]

    Section 1.2 says deficits in psychological need satisfaction may predict FoMO and reports that adults with less need satisfaction had higher FoMO. The Results find that adolescents with stronger needs to belong and be popular reported more FoMO, but do not establish that unmet interpersonal needs cause FoMO to occur in individuals. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Fear and anxiety about missing out on socially interactive events and experiences is related to more frequent use of social networks.

    “Fear and anxiety about missing out on socially interactive events and experiences has been related to more frequent use of social network [54,55]”

    From Fear of missing out, social media influencers, and the social, psychological and financial wellbeing of young consumers (2025) · cites this paper as [54]

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Authors
Beyens, I., Frison, E., & Eggermont, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Amsterdam (NL)
  • KU Leuven (BE)
Corresponding author
Beyens, Ine
ORCID
Venue
Computers in Human Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-11
Volume
64
Pages
1-8
ISSN
0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.083
OpenAlex
W2468796193
Cited by
847
References
39
Citations by year
2026: 80 · 2025: 108 · 2024: 112 · 2023: 107 · 2022: 112 · 2021: 103 · 2020: 95 · 2019: 72 · 2018: 47 · 2017: 10
FWCI
123.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Student Stress and Coping
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Science Applications › Digital Media and Philosophy
Keywords
fear of missing out, adolescents, need to belong, Facebook use, social media use, youth welfare, social needs

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