Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) and Instagram Social Media Addiction Among Early Adulthood

Abstract

The purpose of the research was to find out a relationship between fear of missing out (FOMO) and Instagram addiction in early adulthood. This research used quantitative methods and obtained a total of 220 early adult participants with an age range from 18-25 years old. Fear of missing out was measured by Przybylski's FOMO Scale and Instagram Addiction was measured by The Instagram Addiction Scale. This research used correlational design as a data analysis technique. This research also used Spearman's correlation which stated that there was a positive significant relationship between fear of missing out (FOMO) and Instagram addiction (rs =0.779, p<0.05). It can be concluded that there was a positive significant relationship between fear of missing out (FOMO) and Instagram addiction in early adulthood.