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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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The role of excessive social media content generation, attention seeking, and individual differences on the fear of missing out: a multiple mediation model

TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated individual differences, psychological and social media motivational variables as predictors of fear of missing out (FoMO) and found that perceived excessive social media content generation, attention seeking, and personality variables significantly predicted FoMO.
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Perfiles Diferenciales de Usuarios de Internet, Factores de Personalidad, Rasgos Positivos, Síntomas Psicopatológicos y Satisfacción com la Vida

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify different profiles of Internet and social networks users, considering variables linked with use, sociodemographic and psychological aspects, and show that intense Internet use of social networks in particular generate a decrease in life satisfaction levels and an increase in psychopathological symptoms.
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The delicate balance of social influences on consumption: A comprehensive model of consumer-centric fear of missing out

TL;DR: In this article , the authors explored the underlying psycho-social motivations of consumer-centric fear of missing out (FoMO) and its effects on consumption behavior and revealed negative effects of consumer independence on consumercentric FoMO, whereas CNFU had a counter-intuitive positive effect.
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The role of excessive social media content generation, attention seeking, and individual differences on the fear of missing out: a multiple mediation model

Wenyuan Wang
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors investigated individual differences, psychological and social media motivational variables as predictors of fear of missing out and found that perceived excessive social media content generation, attention seeking, and personality variables significantly predicted FoMO.
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A Theory of Media Multitasking Intensity

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors first situate media multitasking in the changing media ecology and then, grounded in concepts of stress and flow, limited capacity, and threaded cognition, they develop a four-dimensional model for media ecology.
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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.