Chain mediating effect of loneliness and fear of missing out between social anxiety and problematic social network usage in college students
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 descrip-tive 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 signif-icantly 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 problem-atic social network usage through loneliness and fear of missing out.
Social anxietyLonelinessFear of missing outProblematic social network us-ageCollege students
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