FEAR OF MISSING OUT (FOMO) on Phubbing Behavior with Self-Control as a Mediator

Abstract

Smartphone misuse can lead to risky behaviors in students, such as nomophobia and phubbing, which impact on decreased engagement, perceived communication quality, and satisfaction with social interactions. This study aims to determine the relationship between FOMO and phubbing behavior in students, with self-control as a mediator. This quantitative correlational study and mediation regression analysis used a non-probability sampling technique, involving 368 active undergraduate students of Universitas Islam 45 Bekasi. Instruments: phubbing scale (α = 0.959), self-control (α = 0.986), and FOMO (α = 0.959). The analysis used normality, linearity, correlation, and PROCESS Macro Model 4 by Hayes tests. The indirect effect of FOMO on phubbing through self-control was significant (b = 0.1383; BootSE = 0.0427; 95% CI = 0.0549–0.2257). Because the CI does not contain 0 and the direct effect (c’ = 0.8358) remains significant, partial mediation occurs.