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It is one of the most comprehensive cyber/digitally problematic behaviors defined in the area of problematic Internet use (PIK). It is often encountered with the concepts of PCI and internet addiction, pathological internet use and excessive internet use with its equivalent uses. In the most general sense, PIK is defined as a use that can cause negative consequences in the professional, social or personal sense to the extent that it will harm the personal daily life. The continuous monitoring and updating behavior of social media users, including young individuals, which become part of everyday life, and the worries that others spend better time without themselves in the social context are defined as fear of misleading developments (GKK). The absence of GKK, the need to be loved in online environments, indicators such as internet use and it can be defined as problematic behavior, can be said that it is similar to PIK. The main purpose of this study is to reveal the relationship between GKK and PIK and to prove whether GKK is a subdimensional PIK. In the framework of the study, data from 538 university students who are studying in the various faculties of a state university in Turkey in the spring semester 2017-2018 academic year with the scales of PIK and GKK were collected. The data collected was analyzed by studying the Pearson correlation ratio and using structural equality modeling. The first of the results obtained within the framework of the study is that the GKK has a meaningful and positive relationship with all the subdimensions of the PIK. Another outcome obtained within the framework of the study is that GKK can be considered as a sub-dimension of PIK. This situation was revealed by the verifying factor analysis and the conclusion that a meaningful structure appeared when considered that the two scale substances could be the same factor structure as one scale (χ2/sd=2.19, p<0.001, RMSEA= 0.06, SRMR= 0.07, NFI= 0.95, CFI= 0.97, GFI= 0.80). These results were discussed with similar studies carried out in the field.

Özet:

Problematic internet use (PIU) is one of the most comprehensive cyber/digital behavioral concepts in literature. Internet addiction, pathological internet use, excessive internet use concepts are frequently used as synonymous with PIU. In general, PIU was defined as using internet in a detrimental way during daily, personal professional and social activities. Along with social media tools became widespread, the following and updating frequentative behaviors, the others have fun more than when they are together anxiety of social network users in particular the young was defined as fear of missing out (FoMO). FoMO and PIU share some similarities such as the need of internet connection, meeting the need of being liked in online platforms, deprivation, defining as a problematic behavior. The main purposes of this study are to reveal the relationship between FoMO and PIU and to prove whether FoMO is a sub-dimension of PIU. For this study, the data were gathered from 538 undergraduate students via PIU and FoMO scales. The findings were created as conducted Pearson correlation analysis and structural equation modelling. First of the results is that there are significant and positive relationships among FoMO and all of the PIU sub-dimensions. The other result is that FoMO could be examined as a sub-dimension of PIU. This situation was proved via confirmatory factor analysis defined the paths of FoMO and its items as sub-dimension of PIU (χ2/df= 2.19, p<0.001, RMSEA= 0.06, SRMR= 0.07, NFI= 0.95, CFI= 0.97, GFI= 0.80). The obtained results were discussed and compared with previous studies.

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