TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Why browsing and posting on WeChat moments? The relationships among fear of missing out, strategic self-presentation, and online social anxiety
JO  - Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking
A1  - Duan, Wenjie
A1  - He, Chen
A1  - Tang, Xiaoqing
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This study examined the mediating and moderating roles of positive and honest self-presentations in the relationship between fear of missing out (FoMO) and online social anxiety (OSA). A total of 796 social media users were recruited online. These participants completed a questionnaire package, which included a section on demographic information, the Positive Self-Presentation and Honest Self-Presentation Scales, the FoMO Scale, and the Social Anxiety Scale for Social Media Users. Both positive and honest self-presentations partially mediated the relationship between FoMO and OSA, with the former acting as an accelerative mediating factor. Honest self-presentation had a buffering moderating role between FoMO and OSA. Positive self-presentation showed marginal gender differences on the moderating effect. Positive and honest self-presentations clarified the "double-edged sword" effects on the relationship between FoMO and OSA. Honest self-presentation, rather than positive self-presentation, buffered OSA. <br><br>RESULTS can be used as reference to develop interventions on self-presentation strategies to relieve OSA.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2152-2715
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2019.0654
ID  - ref1
ER  -