Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Chinese Version of the Fear of Missing Out Scale

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 18; p. 9896
• Main Authors: Li, Yan-Yu, Huang, Yi-Ting, Dou, Kai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 20.09.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Addictions; College students; Gender; Life satisfaction; Likert scale; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Smartphones; Social networks; University students; Validity; China

Objectives: The present study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of Przybylski’s 10-item Fear of Missing Out scale and to investigate the measurement invariance across age and gender among Chinese adolescents and emerging adults. Methods: A convenient sample of 2886 subjects (Mage = 14.79,...