Is Video Game Addiction Promoting FOMO?

Abstract

The present study focuses on the level of Fear of Missing Out and Family Functioning on Video Game addiction. 100 adolescents took part in this study where 39 were female and 61 were male. The age range was 13-19 years. The measurements used were game addiction scale (lemmens et al, 2011), Fear of Missing Out scale (Przybylski, Murayama, DeHann, & Gladwell, 2013) and The McMaster Family Assessment Device (Nathan B. Lawrence M. Baldwin, Duane S. Bishop,1983). The results revealed that the correlational analysis indicated that females were more video game addicted. Medium and low video game addiction were correlated with problem solving High video game addiction was correlated with family roles, Low video game addiction was correlated with affective involvement, medium and low video game addiction were correlated with behavioural control.