The Impact of Loneliness on Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) Among TikTok Users in Pekanbaru

Icha Herawati

The Impact of Loneliness on Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) Among TikTok Users in Pekanbaru

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Icha Herawati Universitas Islam Riau, Indonesia

Keywords:

loneliness, fear of missing out, TikTok

Abstract

TikTok is an interesting short video creation application with music as a support that is much-loved by today's society, especially among early adults. There are several causes that can be a factor from using social media TikTok, one of them is loneliness. This research is based on the high number of TikTok application users which can trigger Fear of Missing Out . This study aims to determine the effect of loneliness to Fear of Missing Out on TikTok application users in Pekanbaru. This study used a quantitative method with 183 samples of early adult respondents with an age range from 20 to 29 years who were selected using a simple random sampling technique. Data analysis using simple linear regression. The measuring instruments use The University of California Los Angels Loneliness Scale Version 3 (UCLA LS) and the Fear of Missing Out scale. The results of the study show that there is an effect of loneliness to Fear of Missing Out on TikTok application users in Pekanbaru. The result shows that based on the calculated F value = 127.807 with a significance level of 0.000 (p> 0.05), so the hypothesis can be accepted. It can be concluded that there is an effect of loneliness of Fear of Missing Out on TikTok application users in Pekanbaru.

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The Impact of Loneliness on Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) Among TikTok Users in Pekanbaru