The Relationship Between Social Media Use and Negative Emotions Among Chinese Medical College Students: The Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out and the Moderating Role of Resilience

Figures & data

Figure 1 Conceptual model.

Abbreviation: FoMO, fear of missing out.

Table 1 Correlations and Means of Study Variables (N = 407)

Variables	M±SD	1	2	3	4
1. Social media use	22.821±7.478	–
2. FoMO	20.880±8.188	0.788**	–
3. Resilience	83.843±20.952	−0.651**	−0.683**	–
4. Negative emotions	36.936±14.006	0.656**	0.780**	−0.791**	–

Note: **p < 0.01.

Abbreviation: FoMO, fear of missing out.

Figure 2 The relationship between social media use and negative emotion.

Note: ***p < 0.001.

Abbreviation: FoMO, fear of missing out.

Figure 3 The moderating effect of resilience.

Abbreviation: FoMO, fear of missing out.