Effect of fear of missing out on learning burnout in medical students: a moderated mediation.
Xin Ye, Yang Li, Yang Liu, Qiuyue Zheng, Zhongli Lin, Yinhua Zeng, Ziyue Lin, Tan Zhu, Xiayan Chen, Liangliang Chen, Tao Liu
Frontiers in Psychiatry 2023 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1289906 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Cross-sectional survey (Studies 1 and 2) and intervention study (Study 3) Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 3,330 |
| Population | Chinese college students and medical students |
| Intervention | Mindfulness-based intervention |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Learning burnout Mobile phone addiction Sleep quality |
| Key findings | The authors argue that fear of missing out may increase smartphone addiction, which is associated with poorer sleep quality and ultimately greater learning burnout, and that this chain is moderated by mindfulness. A mindfulness-based intervention in 30 medical students indicated improvements in smartphone addiction and reductions in learning burnout. |
Abstract
Learning burnout has a significant negative impact on students' academic performance and professional development, which has been exacerbated by the growing trend of problematic smartphone use, such as smartphone addiction, among young people. Recently, the literature on excessive social media use has revealed a critical role of fear of missing out. Objective The purpose of this study was to examine how fear of missing out affects smartphone addiction and its subsequent effect on learning burnout in college students. In Study 1, 352 medical students were recruited to complete a cross-sectional survey. In Study 2, 2,948 college students were recruited to complete a cross-sectional survey. Further in Study 3, 30 medical students were recruited into a mindfulness-based intervention program. Study 1 preliminarily confirmed that fear of missing out was positively correlated with learning burnout. Study 2 then revealed a moderated mediation model showing that fear of missing out may increase smartphone addiction, which in turn affects their sleep quality and finally leads to learning burnout. This chain mediation model was moderated by the participants' level of mindfulness. To confirm the promoting role of mindfulness, Study 3 further confirmed that mindfulness training indeed can improve smartphone addiction and reduce learning burnout in medical students. Theoretical and practical contributions were discussed, highlighting the effects of fear of missing out on smartphone addiction and a moderating role of mindfulness training.
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| Neural Correlates of Dispositional Mindfulness During Affect Labeling Adult participants | 2007 | Observational cross-sectional | n = 27 |
| Assessing mindfulness in children and adolescents: Development and validation of the Child and Adolescent Mindfulness Measure (CAMM). School-aged children and adolescents | 2011 | Cross-sectional validation study | n = 1,413 |
| Mindfulness and self-compassion as predictors of psychological wellbeing in long-term meditators and matched nonmeditators Experienced meditators and demographically matched nonmeditators | 2012 | Cross-sectional study | n = 152 |
| Mechanisms of Action in the Inverse Relationship Between Mindfulness and Psychological Distress Undergraduates | 2008 | Cross-sectional, correlational |
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