Priyanka Gupta and Arjun Sekhar PM
Kristu Jayanti College , Bengaluru
Pages:114-119
Fear of missing out (FOMO) is characterized by the desire to stay continually connected
with what others are doing. It has been reported as one of the psychological reasons
of excessive social media use. Social media use among young adults is significantly
higher than that of other demographic groups. When social media usage becomes an
unhealthy dependence on the interactive social networking platforms, it leads to social
medial addiction that is characterized by a lack of control over the behaviour s despite
adverse life consequences. Phubbing behaviour is an emerging phenomenon is one of
the major behaviours seen these days and is tend to be growing day by day. Phubbing
is the practice of constantly using a phone in public, ignoring other people, and placing
a higher value on social media. The current study aims to investigate the impact of
fear of missing out on social media addiction and phubbing behaviour among young
adults. A convenient sampling technique was employed, and the sample for this study
consisted of 148 young adults between the ages of 18 and 25. The statistical analysis
used for analysing the results were linear regression analysis and Pearsons’s correlation
test. The results showed that there is a significant positive relationship between fear of
missing out, social media addiction and phubbing behaviour. The findings of the study
concluded that there was a significant impact of fear of missing out on social media
addiction and phubbing behaviour among young adults.