Ittishal Educational Research Journal
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021): Ittishal Educational Research Journal

The Influence Fear of Missing Out against Social Media Addiction in Early Teens

Ester Ana (Universitas Mercubuana Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Feb 2021

Abstract

This study aims to determine how much influence is between fear of missing out (FoMO) and addiction to social media in early teens.. This study involved one dependent variable, namely social media addiction and one independent variable that influenced it, namely: fear of missing out (FoMO). There were 152 subjects in this study. The subjects of this study were adolescents aged 12-15 years who have social media such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. The research method used the Likert scale and data analysis using the product moment correlation, the result was r = 0.593. The higher the fear of missing out, the higher the addiction to social media, and vice versa. The contribution between fear of missing out (FoMO) and addiction to social media in early adolescents was 0.351 or 35.1% explained by the fear of missing out (FoMO) variable, while the remaining 64.9% was explained by other variables

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ierj

Publisher

Subject

Religion Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Other

Description

Ittishal Educational Research Journal is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed journal published twice a year in January and July. It is a flagship journal of International Islamic School Alliance which features articles that advance empirical, theoretical and methodological understanding of ...