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The aim of the present research was to study fear of missing out (FOMO), narcissism, emotional regulation and social networking addiction among social networking sites (SNS) users which includes Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etc. The sample (N=64) of SNS users was collected trom Pune city through the purposive sampling technique. The sample used in this research ranged írom 17 to 21 years (mean age=18.89 years). The tools used in this research were the Fear of Missing out Scale (FoMO) by Przybylski et al. (2013); the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI-16) by Daniel Ames et al. (2006); Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) by Gross et al. (2003); and Social Networking Addiction Scale by Shahnawaz, Ganguly, and Zou. The findings showed that impulsivity was positively correlated with fear of missing out as a characteristic of social networking addiction (r= 0.314, p < 0.05). Also, impulsivity was positively correlated with narcissism (r=0.261, p < 0.05). Impulsivity and cognitive reappraisal were negatively correlated with each other (r= - 0.277, p < 0.05). Social networking addiction and fear of missing out were positively correlated with each other (r=0.254,p < 0.05). Also, social networking addiction and cognitive reappraisal negatively correlated with each other (r= -0.286,p < 0.05). Further, the regression analysis shows that fear of missing out predicts 9.8 % of impulsivity in social networking addiction (r square= 0.098). Fear of missing out and cognitive reappraisal together predicted 19 % of impulsivity in social networking addiction (r square= 0.190).
Keywords: fear of missing out (FOMO), narcissism, emotional regulation, social networking sites (SNS) users
The present study was an effort to study the fear of missing out (FOMO), narcissism, emotional regulation, and social networking addiction among social networking sites (SNS) users. The study looks at impulsivity, virtual freedom, and negative outcome as aspects of social networking addiction, as well as fear of missing out, narcissism, and expressive suppression and cognitive reappraisal as two aspects of emotional regulation technique. Problematic internet or social networking use has become a serious health problem. This study explores the personality aspects of young social networking users. The implication of this research would be consideration of teenagers' mental health, being an adolescent, how they are getting addicted to social networking sites and ultimately their mental health is getting...