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| Relationship between college students’ fear of missing and Wechat addiction: a cross-lagged analysis |
| HU Rongting1, ZHANG Bin1, YANG Ying1, MAO Huili2, PENG Yu1, XIONG Sicheng1 |
1. Department of Psychology, School of Humanities and Management, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, Hunan Province, China; 2. Mental Health Education Center, Changsha University, Changsha 410022, Hunan Province, China |
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Abstract Objective To explore the relationship between college students’ fear of missing and Wechat addiction. Methods A total of 442 college students from 3 universities in Hunan Province were investigated with fear of missing scale and Wechat addiction scale for 3 months in 2 stages. Mplus 7.4 was used for cross-lagged regression analysis. Results There was a significant positive correlation between college students’fear of missing and Wechat addiction（pre-test: r=0.321, P<0.01; post-test: r=0.374, P<0.01）. College students’ initial fear of missing could predict Wechat addictionarfter 3 months（β=0.422, P<0.001）, but the initial Wechat addiction could not predict fear of missing after 3 months（β=0.058, P>0.05）. Conclusion Fear of missing is the cause of Wechat addiction, not the result of Wechat addiction.
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