Chain mediating effect of loneliness and fear of missing out between social anxiety and problematic social network usage in college students
10.3760/cma.j.cn371468-20240111-00021
- VernacularTitle:孤独感和错失恐惧在大学生社交焦虑和问题性社交网络使用间的链式中介作用
- Author:
Shuhao ZHANG
1
;
Zhijie ZHANG
Author Information
1. 华北理工大学生命科学学院，唐山 063210
- Keywords:
Social anxiety;
Loneliness;
Fear of missing out;
Problematic social network usage;
College students
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2024;33(9):844-848
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the chain mediating effect of loneliness and fear of missing out between social anxiety and problematic social network usage in college students.Methods:From March to May 2023, the questionnaire survey was conducted on 957 college students using the interaction anxiousness scale, loneliness scale, fear of missing out scale and problematic social network usage scale, and the descriptive statistical, correlation analysis and mediating effect analysis were performed by the SPSS 22.0 software.Results:The scores of social anxiety, loneliness, fear of missing out and problematic social network usage were (47.09±10.00), (44.62±9.20), (12.95±4.75), and (22.63±6.94), respectively. The results of correlation analysis showed that social anxiety was significantly positively correlated with loneliness, fear of missing out and problematic social network usage ( r=0.50, 0.50, 0.51, all P<0.05). Loneliness was significantly positively correlated with fear of missing out and problematic social network usage( r=0.46, 0.45, both P<0.05).There was a significant positive correlation between fear of missing out and problematic social network usage( r=0.54, P<0.05). The mediating effect analysis showed that social anxiety had a significant direct effect on problematic social network usage (effect value=0.23, 95% CI=0.18~0.29), accounting for 48.94%(0.23/0.47) of the total effect. The separate mediating effect of loneliness (effect value=0.09, 95% CI=0.05~0.12) and fear of missing out(effect value=0.11, 95% CI=0.08~0.14) were significant, and accounted for 37.50%(0.09/0.24) and 45.83%(0.11/0.24) of the total indirect effect respectively. The chain mediating effect value of loneliness and fear of missing out was significant (effect value=0.04, 95% CI=0.03~0.06), accounting for 16.67%(0.04/0.24) of the total indirect effect. Conclusion:Social anxiety can directly affect problematic social network usage of college students and indirectly affect problematic social network usage through loneliness and fear of missing out.
