End-user frustrations and failures in digital technology: exploring the role of Fear of Missing Out, Internet addiction and personality.

ABSTRACT: The present study aimed to explore the potential relationship between individual differences in responses to failures with digital technology. In total, 630 participants (50% male) aged between 18-68 years (M = 41.41, SD = 14.18) completed an online questionnaire. This included a self-report, response to failures in digital technology scale, a measure of Fear of Missing Out, Internet addiction, and the BIG-5 personality traits. Fear of Missing Out, Internet addiction, extraversion, and neuroticism all served as significant positive predictors for maladaptive responses to failures in digital technology. Agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness acted as significant negative predictors for maladaptive responses to failures in digital technology. The responses to failures i

SUBMITTER: Hadlington L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6223105 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature