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The relationship between fear of missing out, social media flow experience and social media addiction among university students in Malaysia

Social media have brought a lot of benefits to our life, however if abuse, it might lead to social media addiction. Due to this concern, the current study analyses the connection between Malaysian undergraduate students' Social Media Addiction (SMA), Social Media flow (SM flow), and Fear of Mis...

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Main Authors: Ng, Jing Wen, See, Rou Yee, Vooi, Hao Zheng
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2024
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BF Psychology
H Social Sciences (General)
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HT Communities. Classes. Races
Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6473/1/2100061_FYP.pdf
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spelling my-utar-eprints.64732024-08-12T03:06:36Z The relationship between fear of missing out, social media flow experience and social media addiction among university students in Malaysia Ng, Jing Wen See, Rou Yee Vooi, Hao Zheng BF Psychology H Social Sciences (General) HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform HT Communities. Classes. Races Social media have brought a lot of benefits to our life, however if abuse, it might lead to social media addiction. Due to this concern, the current study analyses the connection between Malaysian undergraduate students' Social Media Addiction (SMA), Social Media flow (SM flow), and Fear of Missing Out (FoMO). Three instruments which are ten-item Fear of Missing Out Scale, Brailovskaia’s Social Media flow scale and six-item Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale were used in the current study. In term of result design, quantitative cross-sectional research design was applied in the present study. Purposive sampling method was applied, participant must be a Malaysian undergraduate student, aged 18 or above, currently residing in Malaysia. A total number of 227 participants (M: 20.83, SD: 1.61), wherein most of them are UTAR students (95.5%). All the data was obtaining online self-report survey. All the hypothesis in the present study were supported, result indicated a significant positive relationship existed between FoMO and SMA, between SM flow and SMA, and between FoMO and SM flow, while SM flow play a mediating role between FoMO and SMA. These results were consistent was consistent with previous study conducted by Brailovskaia and Margraf (2023). In sum, current research on Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), flow experience of social media, and addictive behavior to social media in Malaysian university students offers insights for interventions promoting digital well-being. FoMO drives social media flow, contributing to addiction. Flow Theory helps understand this relationship, crucial especially amidst COVID-19 stress, highlighting the importance of targeted interventions. 2024-01 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6473/1/2100061_FYP.pdf Ng, Jing Wen and See, Rou Yee and Vooi, Hao Zheng (2024) The relationship between fear of missing out, social media flow experience and social media addiction among university students in Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6473/
institution Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
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topic BF Psychology
H Social Sciences (General)
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HT Communities. Classes. Races
spellingShingle BF Psychology
H Social Sciences (General)
HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
HT Communities. Classes. Races
Ng, Jing Wen
See, Rou Yee
Vooi, Hao Zheng
The relationship between fear of missing out, social media flow experience and social media addiction among university students in Malaysia
description Social media have brought a lot of benefits to our life, however if abuse, it might lead to social media addiction. Due to this concern, the current study analyses the connection between Malaysian undergraduate students' Social Media Addiction (SMA), Social Media flow (SM flow), and Fear of Missing Out (FoMO). Three instruments which are ten-item Fear of Missing Out Scale, Brailovskaia’s Social Media flow scale and six-item Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale were used in the current study. In term of result design, quantitative cross-sectional research design was applied in the present study. Purposive sampling method was applied, participant must be a Malaysian undergraduate student, aged 18 or above, currently residing in Malaysia. A total number of 227 participants (M: 20.83, SD: 1.61), wherein most of them are UTAR students (95.5%). All the data was obtaining online self-report survey. All the hypothesis in the present study were supported, result indicated a significant positive relationship existed between FoMO and SMA, between SM flow and SMA, and between FoMO and SM flow, while SM flow play a mediating role between FoMO and SMA. These results were consistent was consistent with previous study conducted by Brailovskaia and Margraf (2023). In sum, current research on Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), flow experience of social media, and addictive behavior to social media in Malaysian university students offers insights for interventions promoting digital well-being. FoMO drives social media flow, contributing to addiction. Flow Theory helps understand this relationship, crucial especially amidst COVID-19 stress, highlighting the importance of targeted interventions.
format Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
author Ng, Jing Wen
See, Rou Yee
Vooi, Hao Zheng
author_facet Ng, Jing Wen
See, Rou Yee
Vooi, Hao Zheng
author_sort Ng, Jing Wen
title The relationship between fear of missing out, social media flow experience and social media addiction among university students in Malaysia
title_short The relationship between fear of missing out, social media flow experience and social media addiction among university students in Malaysia
title_full The relationship between fear of missing out, social media flow experience and social media addiction among university students in Malaysia
title_fullStr The relationship between fear of missing out, social media flow experience and social media addiction among university students in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The relationship between fear of missing out, social media flow experience and social media addiction among university students in Malaysia
title_sort relationship between fear of missing out, social media flow experience and social media addiction among university students in malaysia
publishDate 2024
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6473/1/2100061_FYP.pdf
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