Fear of missing out as the key pathway linking psychological distress to Facebook addiction and smartphone orientation
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- Tytuł: Fear of missing out as the key pathway linking psychological distress to Facebook addiction and smartphone orientation
- Autor/Autorzy:
- Nazwa czasopisma: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- Rok: 2026
- Tom: on-line
- Numer: n-line
- ISSN: 2198-1833 1613-2238
- e-ISSN: 1741-3850
- DOI: 10.1007/s10389-026-02915-9
- Adres www:: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10389-026-02915-9.pdf
- Strony od-do: on-line
- Abstrakt: Aim Guided by Griffiths’ components model of addiction and the I-PACE (Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution) framework, this study tested whether psychological distress is associated with Facebook addiction and smartphone orientation through two emotion-regulation pathways: fear of missing out (FoMO) and escapism. Subject and methods A cross-sectional sample of N = 480 adults (86.3% female, 11.7% male) completed measures of psychological distress, FoMO, escapism, Facebook addiction, and smartphone orientation. Structural equation modeling was used to compare mediation models linking these variables. Results Psychological distress was not directly associated with Facebook addiction (β = 0.01, nonsignificant), but it was positively related to FoMO (β = 0.49) and escapism (β = 0.38). FoMO (β = 0.46) and escapism (β = 0.09) were both associated with Facebook addiction. Facebook addiction (β = 0.21), FoMO (β = 0.32), and escapism (β = 0.26) were associated with smartphone orientation. Model comparisons showed that the full mediation model was the most parsimonious and best-fitting representation of the data. Conclusion Psychological distress appears to be linked to problematic Facebook use and smartphone orientation indirectly, primarily through FoMO and secondarily through escapism. Interventions may therefore benefit from targeting FoMO and maladaptive escapist coping rather than distress alone.
- Dyscyplina: psychologia
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- 002 a Fear of missing out as the key pathway linking psychological distress to Facebook addiction and smartphone orientation
- 003 b 0000-0002-6336-7251
- 003 a Attila Szabo (Autor)
- 003 a Janusz Surzykiewicz (Autor)
- 003 a Paolo Soraci (Autor)
- 003 a Patrycja Uram (Autor)
- 003 a SEBASTIAN SKALSKI-BEDNARZ (Autor)
- 004 a Oryginalny artykuł naukowy
- 006 a JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- 008 a 2026
- 009 a on-line
- 010 a n-line
- 011 a 2198-1833 1613-2238
- 012 a 1741-3850
- 013 a 10.1007/s10389-026-02915-9
- 014 a https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10389-026-02915-9.pdf
- 015 a on-line
- 020 a Aim Guided by Griffiths’ components model of addiction and the I-PACE (Interaction of Person-Affect-Cognition-Execution) framework, this study tested whether psychological distress is associated with Facebook addiction and smartphone orientation through two emotion-regulation pathways: fear of missing out (FoMO) and escapism. Subject and methods A cross-sectional sample of N = 480 adults (86.3% female, 11.7% male) completed measures of psychological distress, FoMO, escapism, Facebook addiction, and smartphone orientation. Structural equation modeling was used to compare mediation models linking these variables. Results Psychological distress was not directly associated with Facebook addiction (β = 0.01, nonsignificant), but it was positively related to FoMO (β = 0.49) and escapism (β = 0.38). FoMO (β = 0.46) and escapism (β = 0.09) were both associated with Facebook addiction. Facebook addiction (β = 0.21), FoMO (β = 0.32), and escapism (β = 0.26) were associated with smartphone orientation. Model comparisons showed that the full mediation model was the most parsimonious and best-fitting representation of the data. Conclusion Psychological distress appears to be linked to problematic Facebook use and smartphone orientation indirectly, primarily through FoMO and secondarily through escapism. Interventions may therefore benefit from targeting FoMO and maladaptive escapist coping rather than distress alone.
- 022 a Escapism
- 022 a Facebook addiction
- 022 a FoMO
- 022 a mediation
- 022 a Psychological distress
- 022 a Smartphone orientation
- 966 a psychologia
- 985 a Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie (1000000)
- 985 b Wydział Psychologii [1PSY]
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- Title: Fear of missing out as the key pathway linking psychological distress to Facebook addiction and smartphone orientation
- Author:
- Journal: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- Date: 2026
- Discipline: psychologia
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