Author: Ayesha Khawar Butt
Supervisor: Tehreem Arshad
Degree: BS
Year: 2013-2017
University: Centre for Clinical Psychology, Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract
The present study aimed to find out the relationship between
Psychological Needs, Fear of Missing Out and Phubbing in
Smartphone Addict University Students. It was hypothesized that
there would be a relationship between psychological need
satisfaction and frustration, fear of missing out and phubbing in
smartphone addict university students. It was hypothesized that
psychological needs and fear of missing out would likely to
predict phubbing. Moreover, it was also hypothesized fear of
missing out would likely to mediate the relationship between
psychological needs and phubbing. Through Purposive Sampling
technique, a sample of 240 participants (Men Mage=20.93, SD=
1.07; Women Mage=20.76, SD=.89) was recruited from two
private and two government universities of Lahore. Initially to
assess the presence of smartphone addiction, Smart Phone
Addiction Scale ([SAS-SV] Kwon, 2013) was employed to make
sure that the participants fulfilled the criteria of inclusion in the
study. Then, to measure psychological needs Basic Psychological
Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale ([BPNSF] Deci & Ryan,
2015), to find out fear of missing out Fear of Missing Out Scale
([FoMO] Przybylski et al, 2013) and to assess phubbing,
Phubbing Scale (Karadag et al., 2015) was administered after
taking the permission from the authors. Results indicated that
there was relationship between psychological needs, fear of
missing out and phubbing in Smartphone addict university
students. Psychological needs and fear of missing out emerged as
predictors of phubbing. Furthermore, it was supported that fear of
missing out acted as mediator between psychological needs and
phubbing. Results revealed significant differences in students
enrolled in different subject domain.
Keywords: Basic Psychological Needs, Fear of Missing Out, Phubbing, Impulsivity.
Visit Centre for Clinical Psychology
