Self Regulation in Final Year University Students Who has FoMO Social Media Symptoms

Abstract

This research aims to determine the description of self-regulation in final year students at University who experience social media FoMO. This research uses a quantitative approach with descriptive methods. Data collection in this research used a questionnaire. The research subjects were final year students at Malikussaleh University, totaling 188 final year students who had high FoMO in social media. The research results show that self-regulation in final year students who experience social media FoMO is in the high category, meaning that final year students can direct and monitor their behavior between working on final assignments and accessing social media. If we look at it based on gender, it is found that male and female students have different levels of self-regulation, where self regulation in male students is higher than self-regulation in female students. Based on the self-regulation aspect, the highest is in the standards and goals aspect compared to the monitoring and feedback loops and strength and depletion aspects.