Dificultades en las relaciones interpersonales y Fear of Missing Out: ¿predictores del riesgo de adicción a las redes sociales?

The purpose of this research was to study the psychological profile of teenagers with a risk of addiction to social networks. 240 volunteers, aged between 12 and 18 years old from a public high school in Aranda de Duero, Burgos took part in the project. The tools used were the Cuestionario de Evaluacion de Dificultades Interpersonales (CEDIA), the spanish adaptation of the Fear of Missing Out scale (FoMO) and the Escala de Riesgo de Adiccion-adolescente a las Redes Sociales e Internet (ERA-RSI). It was found out that there is a statistically significant relation between FoMO and the risk of addiction to RSI (p<0,05). The difficulties encountered in the personal relationships were not associated to a mayor risk of addiction, except for the familiar relations that were indeed associated. Therefore, FoMO could be used as a predictor of the risk of addiction to RSI. The research in the risk factors of addiction to social networks requires a special attention because its knowledge could allow the development of disadaptative behaviors in teenagers.