Universidad Andrés Bello, Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Sociales, Chile
Escuela de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Comunicaciones, Universidad Santo Tomas, Chile
Universidad de Las Américas, Facultad de Salud y Ciencias Sociales, Escuela de Psicología, Chile
Universidad de Las Américas, Facultad de Salud y Ciencias Sociales, Escuela de Psicología, Chile
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Universidad Andrés Bello, Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Sociales, Chile
Universidad de Las Américas, Facultad de Salud y Ciencias Sociales, Chile
Introduction: Social networks can harm university students' mental health; therefore, it is urgent to have valid instruments to measure new phenomena such as FoMO.
Objective: This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Fear of Missing Out Scale (FoMOs) in a sample of Chilean university students.
Methods: Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) were carried out and estimated using the Weighted Leasts Square Means and Variance (WLSMV).
Results: The FoMOs evaluation had an internal consistency of 0.863 (Cronbach's Alpha). The con-firmatory factor analysis (CFA) showed two factors and good indicators: CFI = 0.991, TLI = 0.987, and an RMSEA of 0.054.
Conclusion: The FoMOs is a good instrument for measuring the fear of missing out in the Chilean University population.
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