5.2. Directions for future research
The present work features limitations that merit mention and open avenues for future research. First and foremost, because the data used for the present studies were collected through one-time surveys, they reflect snap shots of individuals in time. As such, future work examining FoMO in experimental settings will be valuable and allow for causal models to be evaluated. For example, as an individual difference factor, FoMO lends itself well to a mode rating role in person by situation interactions. Second, the present research examined FoMO as an individual difference and provides little in format ion about the temporal and contextual stability of fear of missing out. Like many other stable constructs (e.g., self- esteem; Kernis,2003 ), it is reason able to expect situational a relational factors may influence variability in FoMO across months,
weeks, or even the course of the day. Finally, future research should examine FoMOs’ place among a wider nomo logical web of constructs. The present findings indicated that FoMO varied in terms of individual demographics like age and gender, future work evaluating how it constellates with a wider range of factors, such as personality constructs like the Big-5 (Poropat,2009 ).