Abstract
The aim of the present research was to examine the role of psychological
needs satisfaction and fear of missing out in social media engagement
among university students. A correlational research design was used to
collect data from a convenient sample (N = 550) comprising university
students. Measures of Basic Need Satisfaction in General Scale (Deci &
Ryan, 2012), Fear of Missing Out Scale (Przybylski et al., 2013), and
Social Media Engagement Questionnaire (Al-Menayes, 2015) were used.
Results showed that psychological needs satisfaction negatively predicted
fear of missing out and social media engagement, whereas fear of
missing out positively predicted social media engagement. Furthermore,
fear of missing out mediated the relationship between psychological
needs satisfaction and social media engagement. In addition, boys were
high on psychological need satisfaction and low on fear of missing out
and social media engagement as compared to girls; while results of
MANOVA indicated that age and education were significantly positively
related to study variables. The findings of the study have pragmatic
implications for youth counselors, parents, and teachers.
Qudsia Saeed, Aisha Zubair, PhD, Arooj Mujeeb. (2022) Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out in Psychological Needs Satisfaction and Social Media Engagement among University Students, Journal of Behavioural Sciences, volume-32, issue 2.
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