The Relationship between Stress Perception and Problematic Social Network Use among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of the Fear of Missing Out
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. College Students’ Stress Perceptions and Problematic Social Network Use
1.2. Stress Perception, Fear of Missing Out, and Problematic Social Network Use in College Students
1.3. The Current Study
2. Method
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Stress Perception
2.2.2. Fear of Missing Out
2.2.3. Problematic Social Network Use
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Common Method Bias
3.2. Descriptive Analysis and Variance Testing among Stress Perception, FoMO, and Problematic Social Network Use
3.3. Variance Testing for Gender among Stress Perception, FoMO, and Problematic Social Network Use
3.4. Variance Testing with Respect to Grades among Stress Perception, FoMO, and Problematic Social Network Use
3.5. Correlations between Stress Perception, FoMO, and Problematic Social Network Use
3.6. The Mediating Role of FoMO
4. Discussion
4.1. Relationships between Stress Perception, Problematic Social Network Use, and FoMO in Chinese College Students
4.2. The Mediating Role of FoMO
5. Practical Implications
6. Limitations and Future Direction
7. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | M | SD | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Kurtosis | Skewness |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
stress perception | 1.77 | 0.50 | 1.40 | 1.80 | 2.00 | 0.77 | −0.10 |
FoMO | 2.73 | 0.73 | 2.25 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0.92 | −0.07 |
problematic social network use | 0.25 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.44 | 0.28 | 1.12 |
Variables | Gender | n | M | SD | t | Cohen’s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
stress perception | male | 105 | 1.86 | 0.47 | 2.02 * | 0.22 |
female | 449 | 1.75 | 0.51 | |||
FoMO | male | 105 | 2.78 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.09 |
female | 449 | 2.72 | 0.71 | |||
problematic social network use | male | 105 | 0.26 | 0.35 | 0.50 | 0.04 |
female | 449 | 0.25 | 0.31 |
Variables | Grade | n | M | SD | F | LSD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
stress perception | 1 | 238 | 1.70 | 0.50 | 5.05 ** | ④ > ①, ④ > ②, ③ > ① |
2 | 165 | 1.74 | 0.54 | |||
3 | 48 | 1.89 | 0.49 | |||
4 | 103 | 1.90 | 0.42 | |||
FoMO | 1 | 238 | 2.67 | 0.73 | 2.02 | |
2 | 165 | 2.72 | 0.74 | |||
3 | 48 | 2.71 | 0.75 | |||
4 | 103 | 2.88 | 0.70 | |||
problematic social network use | 1 | 238 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 2.32 | |
2 | 165 | 0.21 | 0.27 | |||
3 | 48 | 0.27 | 0.32 | |||
4 | 103 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|
stress perception | 1 | ||
FoMO | 0.46 *** | 1 | |
problematic social network use | 0.38 *** | 0.45 *** | 1 |
Independent Variable | Model 1: Problematic Social Network Use | Model 2: FoMO | Model 3: Problematic Social Network Use | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Β | SE | t | Β | SE | t | Β | SE | t | |
gender | 0.01 | 0.29 | 0.29 | −0.00 | 0.87 | −0.02 | 0.01 | 0.28 | 0.31 |
grade | −0.00 | 0.10 | −0.07 | 0.03 | 0.31 | 0.67 | −0.01 | 0.10 | −0.30 |
stress perception | 0.38 | 0.02 | 9.38 *** | 0.45 | 0.07 | 11.71 *** | 0.22 | 0.02 | 5.21 *** |
FoMO | 0.34 | 0.01 | 8.23 *** | ||||||
R2 | 0.14 | 0.21 | 0.24 | ||||||
F | 30.28 | 48.56 | 42.39 |
Effect | Boot Standard Error | Boot CI Lower Limit | Boot CI Upper Limit | Relative Effect Size | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
total effect | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.26 | |
direct effect | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.17 | 57.14% |
mediation effect | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 42.86% |
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Fu, W.; Li, R.; Liang, Y. The Relationship between Stress Perception and Problematic Social Network Use among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of the Fear of Missing Out. Behav. Sci. 2023, 13, 497. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13060497
Fu W, Li R, Liang Y. The Relationship between Stress Perception and Problematic Social Network Use among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of the Fear of Missing Out. Behavioral Sciences. 2023; 13(6):497. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13060497
Chicago/Turabian StyleFu, Wangqian, Rui Li, and Yuqian Liang. 2023. "The Relationship between Stress Perception and Problematic Social Network Use among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of the Fear of Missing Out" Behavioral Sciences 13, no. 6: 497. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13060497
APA StyleFu, W., Li, R., & Liang, Y. (2023). The Relationship between Stress Perception and Problematic Social Network Use among Chinese College Students: The Mediating Role of the Fear of Missing Out. Behavioral Sciences, 13(6), 497. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13060497