Differential Effects of Active Social Media Use on General Trait and Online-Specific State-FoMO: Moderating Effects of Passive Social Media Use

Figures & data

Figure 1 Proposed research model.

Abbreviations: FoMO, Fear of Missing Out; ASMU, Active Social Media Use; PSMU, Passive Social Media Use.

Table 1 |Descriptive Statistics and Interrelations Among All of the Observed Variables

	M	SD	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1 ASMU	2.57	0.62	1
2 State-FoMO	2.67	0.72	0.26***	1
3 Trait-FoMO	2.65	0.74	0.08	0.56***	1
4 PSMU	3.03	0.76	0.45***	0.27***	0.16**	1
5 Gender	1.65	0.48	0.06	−0.07	0.01	0.03	1
6 Age	20.16	1.32	−0.01	−0.02	−0.03	0.01	−0.07	1
7 Daily SMU Time	3.66	1.70	0.20***	0.11*	0.07	0.16**	0.16**	0.04	1

Notes: N=394, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001, male=“1”, female=“2”; Daily SMU Time= daily social media use time (hours per day), is measured in six categories: less than 1 hour, 1–2 hours, 2–3 hours, 3–4 hours, 4–5 hours, more than 5 hours.

Figure 2 Final standardized parameter values of the mode. N=394, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001. For brevity, the control variables are not shown.

Figure 3 PSMU moderated the relationship between ASMU and trait-FoMO.