The fear in desire: linking desire thinking and fear of missing out in the social media context

Abstract According to the Elaborated Intrusion Theory of Desire, desire thinking and an associated deficit are fundamental factors to the emergence of craving. In the special case of problematic social networking sites (SNS) use, this experienced deficit could be constituted of an online-specific fe...

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Published in:	BMC Psychology
Main Authors:	Annika Brandtner, Elisa Wegmann
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-06-01
Subjects:	Desire thinking FoMO Craving Problematic SNS use Elaborated intrusion theory
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01216-0