ABSTRACT
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For
many
individuals
,
excessive
smartphone
use
interferes
with
everyday
life
.
In
the
present
study
,
we
recruited
a
non
-
clinical
sample
of
296
participants
for
a
cross
-
sectional
survey
of
problematic
smartphone
use
,
social
and
non
-
social
smartphone
use
,
and
psychopathology
-
related
constructs
including
negative
affect
,
fear
of
negative
and
positive
evaluation
,
and
fear
of
missing
out
(
FoMO
).
Results
demonstrated
that
FoMO
was
most
strongly
related
to
both
problematic
smartphone
use
and
social
smartphone
use
relative
to
negative
affect
and
fears
of
negative
and
positive
evaluation
,
and
these
relations
held
when
controlling
for
age
and
gender
.
Furthermore
,
FoMO
(
cross
-
sectionally
)
mediated
relations
between
both
fear
of
negative
and
positive
evaluation
with
both
problematic
and
social
smartphone
use
.
Theoretical
implications
are
considered
with
regard
to
developing
problematic
smartphone
use
.