The Mediating Effect of Fear of Missing Out between Interpersonal Relationship Orientation and SNS Addiction Tendency in College Student

The purpose of this study is to examine the mediating effect of fear of missing out between interpersonal relationship orientation and SNS addiction tendency of college students. For this purpose, we surveyed 210 college students in Busan from September 3 to September 22, 2018 for 20 days. And 205 responses were used for the analysis. As a result of correlation analysis for examine the relationship between the variables, interpersonal relationship orientation showed static correlation with fear of missing out (r=.304, p<.001) and SNS addiction tendency (r=.401,p<.001). Also, SNS addiction tendency showed static correlation with fear of missing out (r=.368, p<.001). Therefore, we can assume the mediating effect of fear of missing out between interpersonal relationship orientation and SNS addiction tendency. In order to verify the mediating effect of interpersonal relationship orientation and SNS addiction tendency, the three step mediating effect validation process proposed by showed a partial mediating effect. The Sobel test was used to verify the significance of the mediation effect. The result showed statistical significance as Z=3.545 (p<.001). The implications and limitations of this study are discussed including suggestions for future research.