Predictive Relationships Among Smartphone Addiction, Fear of Missing Out and Interaction Anxiousness

Abstract

The aim of this study is to reveal the predictive relationships among smartphone addiction, fear of missing out (FOMO) and interaction anxiousness in university students. The study group of the research consists of 610 university students, 325 (53.3%) females and 285 (46.7%) males that were studying in Konya Turkey. In order to collect the data scales of Smartphone Addiction, Fearing Missing Developments in Social Environments and Interaction Anxiousness were used. The data were analyzed according to the "Structural Equation Model" via the AMOS program. According to the findings, the fear of missing out affects smartphone addiction significantly. Fearing of missing developments in social environments significantly affects interaction anxiousness and the interaction anxiousness meaningfully affects smartphone addiction.