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Fear of Missing Out Scale (FoMO), ready to run

A 10-item unidimensional scale measuring fear of missing out: the pervasive apprehension that others might be having rewarding experiences from which one is absent.

10 items · 5-point Likert-type scale

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Item wording for the FoMO is available inside Folio Surveyor, subject to the instrument's licensing. The structure below (its sections, items and response scale) is what gets built for you.

The instrument

10 items

Each item is answered on this scale:

Not at all true of meSlightly true of meModerately true of meVery true of meExtremely true of me

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