Relationship Between Fear of Missing Out and Academic Performance Among Omani University Students: A Descriptive Correlation Study

odern technologies, such as smartphones and their applications, provide society with enormous benefits, and have become essentials rather than accessories.additionally, we use them to carry out meaningful tasks relating to text messages, phone calls, emails, entertainment, and social connections, 1,2 and they have a modern role in digital medical technology, such as telemedicine, web-based medical analysis, and remote medical monitoring. 3owever, the unfavorable side of smartphone use is the risk of adverse physical health conditions due to their electromagnetic fields and wireless connection. 4additionally, they have negative consequences for psychological and mental health conditions, including compulsive behaviors, technostress, 5 addictive behaviors, 6 nomophobia, 7 and the fear of missing out (FOmO). 8like computers and laptops, smartphones have low power consumption, are easily handled, and constitute a rich medium for connecting socially to the entire world in many forms through numerous social applications such as Facebook, twitter, and Instagram. 9 This may lead individuals to care excessively about others' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors 10 and to compare their own lives and achievements with those of others. 11Indeed, their lack of linear connections in the real world and the current trend of bonding via updated statuses, profiles, likes, and posts to connect continually to others may lead individuals to FOmO on updates and social news.FOmO is characterized by the tendency of individuals to remain strongly connected to others' behavior and thoughts. 10In this sense, while affected people do not like to be uninformed of current events,