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Validation of a French Fear of Missing Out Scale

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Andraos, Elie, Graziani, Pierluigi, Del Monte, Jonathan·2025·L'Encéphale

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This study aimed to translate and assess the psychometric properties of a French Fear of Missing Out scale (PPC). The Fear of missing out is defined as a “pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent; it is characterized by the desire to remain continually connected to what others are doing”. One hundred and thirty-eight participants completed the PPC, a French version of the Internet Addiction Test – Social Media (IAT-RS), a French Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version (SAS-SV) and some subscales of the French Revised Symptom Checklist (SCL-90-R) to test the validity of the scale. A principal components analysis revealed an 8-item PPC with a single factor and good internal validity. Correlations with the SAS-SV and the IAT-RS revealed moderate positive correlations confirming the convergent validity of the scale and supporting the use of the scale for further research findings related to the SCL-90-R subscales. Additional analyses allowed us to note that PPC fully mediated the relationship between anxiety and smartphone addiction, as well as between depression and smartphone addiction. It was also revealed that PPC partially mediated the relationship between anxiety and social media addiction and depression and social media addiction. The PPC has good psychometric qualities and opens up the possibility of assessing the fear of missing out in French populations and testing its relationships with various psychological disorders such as addictive behaviors. L’objectif de cette étude est la traduction et l’évaluation des propriétés psychométriques d’une échelle française de la peur de passer à côté (PPC) ou « French fear of missing out (FoMO) ». FoMO est défini comme une « appréhension omniprésente » que d’autres puissent vivre des expériences enrichissantes dont on est absent; elle se caractérise par « le désir de rester continuellement connecté à ce que font les autres ». Cent trente-huit participants ont donc complété la PPC, ainsi que l’Internet Addiction Test – Réseaux Sociaux (IAT-RS), le Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version (SAS-SV) et quelques sous-échelles du Symptom Check List Revised (SCL-90-R) afin de tester la validité de l’échelle. Une analyse en composantes principales a révélé une échelle PPC de 8 items avec un seul facteur et une bonne validité interne. La validité convergente a été mesurée par rapport aux IAT-RS et le SAS-SV. Les résultats montrent des corrélations positives modérées confirmant la validité convergente de l’échelle et poussant vers l’utilisation de l’échelle pour des résultats de recherches plus approfondies par rapport aux sous-échelles du SCL-90-R. Des analyses complémentaires nous ont permis de constater que le PPC médiatise pleinement la relation entre l’anxiété et l’addiction aux smartphones, ainsi qu’entre la dépression et l’addiction aux smartphones. PPC médiatise également en partie la relation entre l’anxiété et l’addiction aux réseaux sociaux ainsi que la relation entre la dépression et l’addiction aux réseaux sociaux. En conclusion, l’échelle PPC présente de bonnes qualités psychométriques et permet d’évaluer la peur de passer à côté dans des populations françaises ainsi que ses relations avec diverses problématiques psychologiques comme les comportements addictifs.

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  • Users, especially those aged 16 to 24, often experience negative psychological effects such as anxiety, self-doubt, and reduced self-esteem when comparing their real lives to idealized portrayals online.

    “Consequently, users, especially those aged 16 to 24, often experience negative psychological effects such as anxiety, self-doubt, and reduced self-esteem when comparing their real lives to the idealized portrayals seen online (Andraos et al. 2025).”

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  • The finding that users aged 16-24 showed significantly higher prevalence of social comparison themes (χ2=8.76, p<0.01) directly parallels research by Albery et al. (2025) and Andraos et al. (2025).

    “Our finding that users aged 16-24 showed significantly higher prevalence of social comparison themes (χ²=8.76,p<0.01) directly parallels research by Albery et al. (2025) and Andraos et al. (2025).”

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Authors
Andraos, E., Graziani, P., & Del Monte, J.
Affiliations
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie (FR)
  • Aix-Marseille Université (FR)
Corresponding author
Andraos, Elie
Venue
L'Encéphale
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2025-12
Volume
51
Issue
6
Pages
609-614
ISSN
0013-7006 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4408452865
Cited by
2
References
24
Citations by year
2025: 2
FWCI
3.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • L Encéphale (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
Keywords
fear of missing out, French translation, scale validation, psychometric properties, social media addiction, smartphone addiction, anxiety, depression, mediation, addictive behavior, French population, Smartphone Addiction Scale-Short Version, SCL-90-R, convergent validity, internal consistency, factor structure, cross-cultural adaptation, adults
MeSH terms
Internet Addiction Disorder, Adolescent, Adult, Anxiety, Fear, Female, France, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Reproducibility of Results, Behavior, Addictive, Young Adult

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