Motivational, Emotional, and Behavioral Correlates of Fear of Missing Out
Andrew K. Przybylski, Kou Murayama, Cody R. DeHaan & Valerie Gladwell
Develops and validates a scale for fear of missing out and links higher scores to lower need satisfaction and mood, tracing habitual checking behaviour to anxiety about others' experiences rather than to the platforms themselves.
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