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The fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context
According to the Elaborated Intrusion Theory of Desire, desire thinking and an associated deficit are fundamental factors to the emergence of craving. In the special case of problematic social networking sites (SNS) use, this experienced deficit could be constituted of an online-specific fear of mis...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10239188/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37270492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01216-0 |
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description | According to the Elaborated Intrusion Theory of Desire, desire thinking and an associated deficit are fundamental factors to the emergence of craving. In the special case of problematic social networking sites (SNS) use, this experienced deficit could be constituted of an online-specific fear of missing out (FoMO). To test the interaction of these cognitions and their influence on problematic SNS use, we tested a serial mediation model on a sample of N = 193 individuals who use SNS (73% female, M(age) = 28.3, SD = 9.29). We found that desire thinking predicted FoMO and both variables were only significant predictors of problematic SNS use when considered in interplay with craving. Ad hoc analyses revealed that the verbal subcomponent of desire thinking is more strongly associated with FoMO than imaginal prefiguration. Our results highlight that neither desire thinking nor FoMO are inherently dysfunctional but become problematic when they increase craving for potentially problematic SNS use. |
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spelling | pubmed-102391882023-06-04 The fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context Brandtner, Annika Wegmann, Elisa BMC Psychol Research Article According to the Elaborated Intrusion Theory of Desire, desire thinking and an associated deficit are fundamental factors to the emergence of craving. In the special case of problematic social networking sites (SNS) use, this experienced deficit could be constituted of an online-specific fear of missing out (FoMO). To test the interaction of these cognitions and their influence on problematic SNS use, we tested a serial mediation model on a sample of N = 193 individuals who use SNS (73% female, M(age) = 28.3, SD = 9.29). We found that desire thinking predicted FoMO and both variables were only significant predictors of problematic SNS use when considered in interplay with craving. Ad hoc analyses revealed that the verbal subcomponent of desire thinking is more strongly associated with FoMO than imaginal prefiguration. Our results highlight that neither desire thinking nor FoMO are inherently dysfunctional but become problematic when they increase craving for potentially problematic SNS use. BioMed Central 2023-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10239188/ /pubmed/37270492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01216-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Brandtner, Annika Wegmann, Elisa The fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context |
title | The fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context |
title_full | The fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context |
title_fullStr | The fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context |
title_full_unstemmed | The fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context |
title_short | The fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context |
title_sort | fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10239188/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37270492 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01216-0 |
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