The Relationship Between Self-Control and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) in Social Media User Students at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, University of Lampung

Abstract

Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) is a phenomenon where individuals feel afraid of missing out on information, anxious and restless if they haven't opened their social media accounts, and obsessed with other people's activities, resulting in an uncontrollable desire to stay connected with other people's activities on social media. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between self-control and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) in social media users. The research method used in this study was quantitative research with a correlational approach. The sampling technique used in this study was a nonprobability sampling method with a purposive sampling technique. The subjects of this study were 100 students from the 2020 and 2021 intakes in the Guidance and Counseling study program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education at the University of Lampung. The scales used in this study were the self-control scale and the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) scale, with a Likert scale as the scaling model. The analysis used was the Pearson product-moment correlation. The results of the study indicate a strong relationship between self-control and students' fear of missing out, as indicated by the correlation coefficient value obtained (⸀calculated=-0.755 >⸀table=0.195), which is significant at the 0.05 level. This can be interpreted as strong, and the calculation results show a significant negative result. The conclusion of this study is that the higher the self-control, the lower the fear of missing out, and vice versa, the lower the self-control, the higher the fear of missing out