Conclusion
Anxiety about losing precious moments of an individual or group where the individual is not present in it and is characterised by a desire to stay connected to what others are doing through the internet or cyberspace can be called FOMO. The basis of FOMO is when individuals feel lost, someone who easily experiences feelings of irritability, anxiety, and inadequacy. All of that can make individuals feel left behind because they cannot do what they are seeing. FOMO syndrome has a bad impact on adolescents, namely the lack of social interaction with their peers, losing useful experiences from others, anxiety symptoms, and sleep deprivation, especially in students. FOMO behaviour mostly occurs in adolescents because adolescence is a transition between childhood and early adulthood which causes changes in physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial.
Being accepted and connected with peers is important during adolescence. Therefore, adolescents are keen to access social media to satisfy their need to belong to a social group. However, anxiety may occur when they feel they are missing out on important experiences with their friends. Therefore, teenagers will tend to continue to access social media to get the latest news. That's why there is a significant influence between FOMO behaviour in adolescents and the intensity of social media use. The higher the intensity of social media use, the higher the FOMO behaviour. Conversely, the lower the intensity of social media use, the lower the FOMO behaviour.Â
Actually, FOMO behavior will not be a problem as long as it is not done excessively and accompanied by emotional control. FOMO behavior can make us always curious about the latest news or issues that can be useful for life. For example, news about the current political situation. FOMO towards this will make us have broader insights and can increase awareness of the current state of the country. To avoid FOMO behavior, there are several things that can be done. These include limiting the use of social media, respecting yourself, focusing on yourself and the goals you want to achieve, developing hobbies, sorting out what content or topics you see on social media, and so on.
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