Proceedings of the 4th Green Development International Conference (GDIC 2022)

The Correlation Between Instagram Usage Intensity and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) in Emerging Adulthood in Jambi City During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Authors
Shinta Bella1, Siti Raudhoh1, *, Verdiantika Annisa1
1Department of Psychology, Universitas Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: siti_raudhoh@unja.ac.id
Corresponding Author
Siti Raudhoh
Available Online 7 November 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_19How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Instagram Usage Intensity; fear of missing out; emerging adulthood
Abstract

Instagram shows a high number of users at the age of emerging adulthood. The Covid-19 pandemic obligates people to stay at home, making individuals to be attached with social media. The high intensity of Instagram usage drives individuals to keep being exposed with various information related to others. This condition may cause a concern that other people have an activity, experience, and conversation that is more pleasuring than self, which is known as the fear of missing out (FOMO) phenomenon. This study was quantitative research with a correlational method. Purposive sampling was used as the sample collection technique. Subjects in the study were amounted to 382 emerging adulthood aged 18 to 25 years old and actively using Instagram. Correlation tests were used as the data analysis technique. Research results indicate that Instagram usage intensity correlated positively and significantly with fear of missing out (FOMO) in emerging adulthood with a correlation coefficient value of 0.409 and p value < 0.001. It is expected that this study should be a consideration for Instagram users to avoid negative social comparisons in social media to be prevented from FOMO.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th Green Development International Conference (GDIC 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
7 November 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_19
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_19How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Shinta Bella
AU  - Siti Raudhoh
AU  - Verdiantika Annisa
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/11/07
TI  - The Correlation Between Instagram Usage Intensity and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) in Emerging Adulthood in Jambi City During the Covid-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th Green Development International Conference (GDIC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 187
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-110-4_19
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