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Influence of Social Media and Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) on Body Image and Exercise Behaviour in Young Adults

Author(s) Ms. Siddhishri Sachin Mantri, Prof. Dr. Neeraja Deshmukh
Country India
Abstract Background: A great deal has been written about social media's effect on young people's mental health, yet few studies place social media use, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), body image and exercise behaviour side by side in the same sample to see how they actually relate to one another. Aim: To evaluate the influence of social media use and FoMO on body image perception and exercise behaviour in young adults. Methods: In this observational, questionnaire-based cross-sectional study, 108 young adults (87 female, 21 male; aged 18–25 years) completed the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), the Fear of Missing Out Scale (FoMOS), the Body Shape Questionnaire-16 (BSQ-16) and the Behavioural Regulation in Exercise Questionnaire-3 (BREQ-3). BREQ-3 subscale scores were combined into a Relative Autonomy Index (RAI). Because several variables departed from a normal distribution, Spearman's rank correlation and linear regression were used for the analysis. Results: BSMAS correlated positively with FoMO (ρ = .375, p < .001) and with BSQ-16 (ρ = .270, p = .005), but showed no meaningful relationship with RAI (ρ = −.036, p = .715). FoMO and BSQ-16, on the other hand, were each negatively correlated with RAI (ρ = −.211, p = .028 for both). When all three variables were entered together in a regression model, the model as a whole reached significance (R² = .078, F(3,104) = 2.922, p = .037), though none of the individual predictors stood out on its own. Conclusion: Heavier social media use goes hand in hand with higher FoMO and greater body dissatisfaction, but it is these two downstream feelings — not the screen time itself — that appear to shape how autonomously young adults approach exercise.
Keywords Social media addiction; Fear of missing out; Body image; Exercise behaviour; Self-determination theory; Young adults
Field Biology > Medical / Physiology
Published In Volume 8, Issue 5, September-October 2026
Published On 2026-10-11
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i05.89533
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