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Social Belongingness, Depression, and Anxiety in Association with Problematic Social Networking Site Use: Investigating Fear of Missing Out as a Mediator

Dempsey, Abigail
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1659602902499767

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2022, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Psychology - Clinical.
Problematic social networking site (SNS) use has demonstrated associations with depression and anxiety symptoms throughout the literature; however, less is known about social factors that may contribute to the development of problematic SNS use, such as perceived social belongingness and fear of missing out on rewarding experiences (FoMO). There is an especially prominent gap in the literature regarding problematic use of various SNSs independently of each other. The present study builds on recent research findings that FoMO mediates the relationship between problematic SNS use with both depression/anxiety severity and social belongingness, and that these relationships may be different depending on the SNS used. We explored how FoMO served as a mediator between the problematic use of three different SNSs and depression/anxiety and social belongingness. Data were collected online from an undergraduate university sample and analyzed using linear regression and mediation analyses. Offline belongingness and anxiety were related to problematic Twitter use severity, while online belongingness and anxiety were related to problematic Snapchat use severity. Depression severity was only associated with problematic Instagram use severity. FoMO accounted for the relations between anxiety/online belongingness and problematic use severity of all three SNSs.
Jon Elhai (Committee Chair)
62 p.
Clinical Psychology

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  • Dempsey, A. (2022). Social Belongingness, Depression, and Anxiety in Association with Problematic Social Networking Site Use: Investigating Fear of Missing Out as a Mediator [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1659602902499767

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dempsey, Abigail. Social Belongingness, Depression, and Anxiety in Association with Problematic Social Networking Site Use: Investigating Fear of Missing Out as a Mediator. 2022. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1659602902499767.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dempsey, Abigail. "Social Belongingness, Depression, and Anxiety in Association with Problematic Social Networking Site Use: Investigating Fear of Missing Out as a Mediator." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1659602902499767

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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