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Article

Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out

by
Rocco Servidio
1,
Mark D. Griffiths
2,* and
Zsolt Demetrovics
3,4
1
Department of Cultures, Education and Society, University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci, Building Cube 20/B, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy
2
International Gaming Research Unit, Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
3
Centre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar GX11 1AA, Gibraltar
4
Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, 1064 Budapest, Hungary
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(16), 8463; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168463
Submission received: 17 June 2021 / Revised: 30 July 2021 / Accepted: 9 August 2021 / Published: 10 August 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mobile Health Interventions)
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Abstract

The present study examined whether the relationship between the Dark Triad (DT) of personality and problematic smartphone use (PSU) can be explained by the mediating role of fear of missing out (FoMO). The role of FoMO in this relationship has yet to be examined. A total of 457 participants completed an online survey. Results indicated that males scored high on measures assessing DT of personality, while females scored high on PSU. Structural equation modelling showed that narcissism was directly associated with PSU. FoMO partially mediated the association between narcissism and PSU. Machiavellianism and narcissism were directly associated with FoMO. In the fully mediated model, narcissism (but not Machiavellianism) was still associated with FoMO, and in turn, FoMO was related to PSU. Although preliminary, the results of the present study indicated that Machiavellianism and narcissism might represent antecedents of FoMO, in addition to the Big Five personality traits, and both could be involved in the development of PSU.
Keywords: narcissism; psychopathy; Machiavellianism; fear of missing out; problematic smartphone use narcissism; psychopathy; Machiavellianism; fear of missing out; problematic smartphone use

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Servidio, R.; Griffiths, M.D.; Demetrovics, Z. Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 8463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168463

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Servidio R, Griffiths MD, Demetrovics Z. Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(16):8463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168463

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Servidio, Rocco, Mark D. Griffiths, and Zsolt Demetrovics. 2021. "Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16: 8463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168463

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Servidio, R., Griffiths, M. D., & Demetrovics, Z. (2021). Dark Triad of Personality and Problematic Smartphone Use: A Preliminary Study on the Mediating Role of Fear of Missing Out. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168463

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