Fear of Missing Out and Disrupted Sleep in the Digital Age: The Protective Function of Psychological Capital in Emerging Adults.

IF 2 3区医学 Q3 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Behavioral Sleep Medicine Pub Date : 2026-05-25 DOI:10.1080/15402002.2026.2679677

Gopika Satish, Navin Kumar

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Abstract

Objective: In recent times, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) has emerged as a significant psychological construct adversely impacting the well-being and emotional health of social media users. Among the many psychological and physiological impacts of FoMO, its relation with sleep is frequently examined, considering its influence on disruption of sleep. This study intended to explore the association between FoMO, Psychological Capital (PsyCap), and sleep quality among college students and to determine whether PsyCap moderates the relationship between FoMO and sleep quality.

Method: A total of 110 college students aged between 18 and 25 participated in the study. Standardized self-report measures, including the Fear of Missing Out Scale (FoMOs), Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ-24), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), were employed to assess FoMO, PsyCap, and sleep quality. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations, independent sample t-tests, and moderation analysis using the Hayes PROCESS macro (Model 1) were executed.

Results: Findings demonstrated that FoMO was positively correlated with poor sleep quality. PsyCap, on the other hand, was negatively correlated to FoMO and poor sleep quality. Further, it was observed that FoMO significantly correlates with poorer sleep in those students with low PsyCap levels.

Conclusion: PsyCap appears to play a moderating role against the effects of FoMO on sleep. The study highlights the need to conduct PsyCap-based interventions for enhancing the sleep quality and overall well-being among young adults.

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数字时代对缺失和睡眠中断的恐惧：新兴成人心理资本的保护功能。

目的：近年来，错失恐惧（Fear of Missing Out，简称FoMO）已经成为一种重要的心理结构，对社交媒体用户的幸福感和情绪健康产生了不利影响。在FoMO的许多心理和生理影响中，它与睡眠的关系经常被研究，考虑到它对睡眠中断的影响。本研究旨在探讨大学生FoMO、心理资本（PsyCap）和睡眠质量之间的关系，并确定PsyCap是否调节了FoMO和睡眠质量之间的关系。方法：对110名年龄在18 ~ 25岁的大学生进行调查。采用标准化的自我报告测量，包括错失恐惧量表（FoMO）、心理资本问卷（PCQ-24）和匹兹堡睡眠质量指数（PSQI）来评估FoMO、PsyCap和睡眠质量。使用Hayes PROCESS宏观（模型1）进行描述性统计、Pearson相关性、独立样本t检验和适度分析。结果：FoMO与睡眠质量差呈正相关。另一方面，PsyCap与FoMO和睡眠质量差呈负相关。此外，我们还观察到，在那些心理cap水平较低的学生中，FoMO与睡眠质量较差显著相关。结论：PsyCap似乎对FoMO对睡眠的影响起着调节作用。该研究强调了开展基于心理cap的干预措施以提高年轻人的睡眠质量和整体健康的必要性。

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Behavioral Sleep Medicine CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-PSYCHIATRY

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7.20

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3.20%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Behavioral Sleep Medicine addresses behavioral dimensions of normal and abnormal sleep mechanisms and the prevention, assessment, and treatment of sleep disorders and associated behavioral and emotional problems. Standards for interventions acceptable to this journal are guided by established principles of behavior change. Intending to serve as the intellectual home for the application of behavioral/cognitive science to the study of normal and disordered sleep, the journal paints a broad stroke across the behavioral sleep medicine landscape. Its content includes scholarly investigation of such areas as normal sleep experience, insomnia, the relation of daytime functioning to sleep, parasomnias, circadian rhythm disorders, treatment adherence, pediatrics, and geriatrics. Multidisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome. The journal’ domain encompasses human basic, applied, and clinical outcome research. Behavioral Sleep Medicine also embraces methodological diversity, spanning innovative case studies, quasi-experimentation, randomized trials, epidemiology, and critical reviews.