大學生錯失恐懼（FoMO）、社會支持與憂鬱情緒之關聯性探究

Abstract

隨著社群媒體與數位科技發展，人們在享受社群媒體多元與便利的同時，亦面臨相關心理健康風險。本研究以成年初顯期階段之特殊性作為研究起點，聚焦於社群媒體使用下的憂鬱議題。在諸多影響因素中，錯失恐懼（Fear of Missing Out, FoMO）尤其值得關注，且與憂鬱情緒密切相關。另一方面，社會支持多被認為是憂鬱情緒的保護因子，在社群媒體脈絡下，社會支持又可分為線上社會支持及線下社會支持。然目前國內針對成年初顯期大學生之錯失恐懼、社會支持及憂鬱情緒之探討仍有待補充之處。為彌補此研究缺口，本研究以數位健康觀點為基礎，旨在探討臺灣大學生之社群媒體使用、錯失恐懼與社會支持對憂鬱情緒之影響。 本研究採網路問卷調查，以臺灣 18 至 25 歲習慣使用社群媒體之大學生為研究對象，共蒐集 646 份有效問卷。本研究發現：（一）社群媒體使用時間與憂鬱情緒呈正相關；（二）錯失恐懼與憂鬱情緒呈正相關；（三）線上、線下社會支持與憂鬱情緒呈負相關，線下社會支持的保護效果優於線上社會支持；（四）錯失恐懼在社群媒體使用時間與憂鬱情緒間具部分中介效果；（五）女性的憂鬱情緒較男性高；（六）年紀越大的大學生其憂鬱情緒較明顯；（七）在控制性別與年齡後，社群媒體使用時間、錯失恐懼、線上與線下社會支持對憂鬱情緒具顯著解釋力，其中錯失恐懼為最主要之風險因子。 基於上述結果，本研究從個人數位健康、學校教育與心輔機制及未來學術研究等面向提出具體建議，期能促進成年初顯期群體之心理健康與整體福祉。

With the development of social media and digital technology, people benefit from the diversity and convenience of social media while also facing related mental health risks. This study takes the distinctive characteristics of emerging adulthood as its starting point and focuses on the issue of depressed mood in the context of social media use. Among the various factors associated with depressed mood, Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) warrants particular attention and is closely associated with depressed mood. Meanwhile, social support has generally been regarded as a protective factor against depressed mood. Within the context of social media, social support can further be differentiated into online and offline social support. However, research in Taiwan examining FoMO, social support, and depressed mood among college students in emerging adulthood remains limited. To address this research gap, this study adopts a digital wellbeing perspective to examine the associations of social media use, FoMO, and social support with depressed mood among college students in Taiwan. A web-based questionnaire survey was conducted among college students in Taiwan aged 18 to 25 who habitually use social media, yielding 646 valid responses. The findings indicate that: (1) time spent on social media is positively associated with depressed mood; (2) FoMO is positively associated with depressed mood; (3) both online and offline social support are negatively associated with depressed mood, with offline social support demonstrating a stronger protective effect than online social support; (4) FoMO partially mediates the relationship between time spent on social media and depressed mood; (5) female college students report higher levels of depressed mood than male college students; (6) older college students report higher levels of depressed mood; and (7) after controlling for gender and age, time spent on social media, FoMO, and online and offline social support collectively demonstrate significant explanatory power for depressed mood, with FoMO emerging as the most prominent risk factor. Based on these findings, this study proposes specific recommendations in the areas of personal digital wellbeing, school-based education and counseling support mechanisms, and future academic research, with the aim of promoting the mental health and overall wellbeing of individuals in emerging adulthood.