Missing the present for the unkown : the relationship between fear of missing out (FoMO) and life satisfaction

Jood, Tsholofelo Ella

dc.contributor.advisor	Dos Santos, Monika
dc.contributor.author	Jood, Tsholofelo Ella
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-14T14:44:55Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-14T14:44:55Z
dc.date.issued	2017-04
dc.identifier.citation	Jood, Tsholofelo Ella (2017) Missing the present for the unkown : the relationship between fear of missing out (FoMO) and life satisfaction, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23167>
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23167
dc.description.abstract	Fear of missing out (FoMO) is a type of internet slang used to describe the “pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent” (Przybylski, Murayama, DeHaan & Gladwell, 2013, p. 1841). This pervasive fear encompasses an individual’s life and it is exacerbated by the social media updates of online counterparts. A study conducted by a South African pharmaceutical company revealed that 62% of the respondents have a constant fear of missing out on something that might be happening elsewhere. This study underscores the relevance of studying FoMO as a construct in the South African context. The current study aims to investigate the relationship between FoMO and satisfaction with life, as these two constructs have previously shown to be negatively correlated. The self-proclaimed FoMO sufferers who will be partaking in this study will be requested to complete an online questionnaire to establish the nature of the relationship between FoMO and satisfaction with life.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (117 leaves) : illustrations (some color)	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Fear of missing out	en
dc.subject	Social media	en
dc.subject	Social media status updates	en
dc.subject	Social networks	en
dc.subject	Internet	en
dc.subject	Satisfaction with life	en
dc.subject	Subjective well-being	en
dc.subject	Discontentment	en
dc.subject	Social status	en
dc.subject	Technology	en
dc.subject	Human motivation	en
dc.subject	Comparison	en
dc.subject	Existential vacuum	en
dc.subject.ddc	302.30285
dc.subject.lcsh	Social networks -- South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Social media addiction -- South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Contentment -- Social networks -- South Africa	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Satisfaction -- Social aspects -- South Africa	en
dc.title	Missing the present for the unkown : the relationship between fear of missing out (FoMO) and life satisfaction	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Psychology	en
dc.description.degree	M.A. (Clinical Psychology)