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July 11, 2026Brain SciencesOpen Access

Loneliness and Problematic Social Media Use Among Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out

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MCMarianna ChmielUniversity of SzczecinMCMarek CieślukUniversity of SzczecinJZJan ZnajdekUniversity of Szczecin

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Overview

Examines loneliness's impact on problematic social media use in adolescents, highlighting fear of missing out as a key factor.

Key Points

  • The study explores how loneliness influences problematic social media use among adolescents and the mediating role of fear of missing out.
  • Included 206 Polish adolescents with a mean age of 17.21 years
  • Utilized the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale, Fear of Missing Out Scale, and de Jong Gierveld Loneliness Scale
  • Conducted correlation, multiple regression, and bootstrapping analyses to assess relationships.
  • Loneliness showed a positive association with problematic social media use and specific dimensions of fear of missing out.
  • The correlation between problematic social media use and fear of missing out dimensions was established, except for fear of social exclusion, which was weaker.
  • Social comparison anxiety (β = 0.09, 95% CI [0.03, 0.23]) and online monitoring (β = 0.05, 95% CI [0.01, 0.15]) were significant in the indirect path from loneliness to problematic social media use.

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Chmiel et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a51e084c18d7f28ca500cfdhttps://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci16070724
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