A threat to loyalty: Fear of missing out (FOMO) leads to reluctance to repeat current experiences

We investigate a popular but underresearched concept, the fear of missing out (FOMO), on desirable experiences of which an individual is aware, but in which they do not partake. Through laboratory and field studies, we establish FOMO’s pervasiveness as a psychological phenomenon, present real-life c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hayran, Ceren, Anik, Lalin, Gürhan-Canli, Zeynep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7192437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32353059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232318
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Sumario:We investigate a popular but underresearched concept, the fear of missing out (FOMO), on desirable experiences of which an individual is aware, but in which they do not partake. Through laboratory and field studies, we establish FOMO’s pervasiveness as a psychological phenomenon, present real-life contexts wherein FOMO may be experienced, and explore its behavioral consequences. Specifically, we show that FOMO poses a threat to loyalty by decreasing one’s intentions to repeat a current experience and may decrease the valuation of the current experience.

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