Author Name:- Aankur Pradhan / Date:- January 2024
Abstract
Humans are social beings and they hardly can survive on their own. In the due course of one’s lifetime, they develop several attachments and when bereft of it, they face isolation and loneliness. In the new times, the phenomena of fear of missing out is recognized to which however has stuck to the social media roots. This study aims to understand the relationship between loneliness and fear of missing out among young adults and adults of various genders. For the purpose, UCLA Loneliness Scale version 3 by Daniel W. Russell and Fear of Missing Out Scale by Andrew K. Przybylski et. al was used to measure the levels of loneliness and fear of missing out in a sample of 40 males and 40 females, young adults and adults. Independent sample t test was carried out to find group differences in the levels of loneliness and fear of missing out and Pearson’s product moment correlation was employed to find the relationship between levels of loneliness and fear of missing out. The results
indicated that no significant gender differences or age differences are present in the levels of loneliness and fear of missing out among young adults and adults and no significant relationship was found between loneliness and fear of missing out in both the age groups. The findings of the study can be used to further understand the causation of fear of missing out and provide as a base to studies on loneliness and fear of missing out with other variables.
