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. 2023 Nov 24;23:872. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05371-x

Table 3.

Linear correlations between FoMO Variables, SNUD tendencies (SNS-AT), cognitive failure (CFQ), and age in the active social media user sample (correlations controlling for age can be found in the supplement; see ST4)

Trait FoMO State FoMO CFQ SNS-AT Age
Trait FoMO Pearson’s r
p-value
State FoMO Pearson’s r 0.375
p-value < 0.001
CFQ (Cognitive Failure Questionnaire) Pearson’s r 0.368 0.192
p-value < 0.001 < 0.001
SNS-AT (SNUD) Pearson’s r 0.418 0.516 0.354
p-value < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
Age Pearson’s r -0.309 -0.148 -0.254 -0.335
p-value < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001

FoMO: Fear of Missing Out; SNS-AT: Social Networking Sites-Addiction Test; SNUD: Social Networks Use Disorder