Prevalence of Fear of Missing Out amongst students from a private higher education institution from North of Minas Gerais, Brazil: digital behavior and welfare in the university quotidian

• Autor(a) principal: Pêgo, Beatriz Ferraz
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Lopes, Beatriz Calixto, Santos, Gustavo Souza, Rocha, Josiane Santos Brant
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: RECIIS (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://www.reciis.icict.fiocruz.br/index.php/reciis/article/view/2093
• topic: Fear of Missing Out; Social media; Students; Internet; Behavior.; Fear of Missing Out; Medios de comunicación sociales; Estudiantes; Internet; Conducta.; Fear of Missing Out; Mídias sociais; Estudantes; Internet; Comportamento.

This study evaluated the prevalence of Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) in university students, associating sex, course completion stage and type of media accessed in a private institution. The condition of FOMO was investigated using the Scale of Assessment of FOMO instrument with the participation of 311 students. The prevalence of high FOMO was 59.2%. In the final model, the variables that were associated with FOMO were being female, attending the first half of the course, feeling of FOMO when not checking social media, using WhatsApp more than 5 times a day, using Messenger more than 5 times a day, FOMO during work and FOMO when alone. The sensations and feelings associated with FOMO suggest influences in decisionmaking in daily behavioral routines in the production of individuality, identity, in social interaction and in daily social interaction.