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Fear of Missing Out as a Mediating Variable between Social Anxiety and Internet Gaming Disorder among Adolescents in Bisha Governorate Schools |
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PP: 377- 389 |
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doi:10.18576/isl/130210
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Author(s) |
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Uhuud F. Al-Assaf,
Nadia M. Ghoneim,
Sotouhi S. Al-Lawwaj,
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Abstract |
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In this study, we investigated the mediating role of fear of missing out in the relationship between social anxiety and Internet gaming disorder among adolescents in Bisha Governorate schools. The participants in the main study were (700) male and female adolescent students in Bisha Governorate. The results revealed that there were direct positive effects of social anxiety on both internet gaming disorder and fear of missing out, and there were direct positive effects of fear of missing out on internet gaming disorder. There were also statistically significant differences between male and female students in social anxiety in favor of the females. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the sample members in the total score of the social anxiety scale due to the secondary school year variable (first, second, and third grades). Furthermore, it was revealed that there were statistically significant differences between males and females in fear of missing out in favor of the male students. However, there was no statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the sample members in the total score of the social anxiety scale due to the secondary school year variable (first, second, or third grade). Finally, the results showed that there were statistically significant differences between the responses of the sample members in the total score of the internet disorder scale according to the secondary school year variable (first, second, and third grades) in favor of the third grade.
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