Negative consequences from heavy social networking in adolescents: The mediating role of fear of missing out

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 55, Issue , 2017, Pages 51-60

  Oberst, Ursula ^a   Wegmann, Elisa ^b   Stodt, Benjamin ^b   Brand, Matthias ^b   Chamarro, Andrés ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Fear of missing out; FOMO; Negative consequences of mobile device use; Social networking intensity; Social networking sites

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOMO SCALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL NETWORKING INTENSITY SCALE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPANISH (LANGUAGE); STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMARTPHONE; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SMARTPHONE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85007153025     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.12.008     Document Type: Article

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