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Extraversion, neuroticism, attachment style and fear of missing out as predictors of social media use and addiction

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This article investigated whether extraversion, neuroticism, attachment style, and fear of missing out (FOMO) were predictors of social media use and addiction and found that FOMO was not significant for social media addiction.
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This article is published in Personality and Individual Differences.The article was published on 2017-10-01. It has received 475 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Neuroticism & Attachment theory.

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How is extraversion, neuroticism and fomo linked?

Extraversion, neuroticism, and fear of missing out (FOMO) are all predictors of social media use and addiction, according to the study.