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100 1 |a Morelli, Mara  |u Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; mara.morelli@uniroma1.it (M.M.); gaetanomaria.sciabica@uniroma1.it (G.M.S.) 
245 1 |a Sexting Behaviors and Fear of Missing out Among Young Adults 
260 |b MDPI AG  |c 2025 
513 |a Journal Article 
520 3 |a Fear of missing out (FoMO) creates a strong urge to stay continuously connected and informed about peers’ activities, identified as a risk factor for problematic social media use and risky behaviors. Sexting is generally defined as the exchange of sexually suggestive or explicit photos, videos, or text messages through cell phones or other technologies. Despite its social relevance, the link between FoMO and sexting remains underexplored. This study examines their relationship in young adults—an understudied group compared to adolescents—while controlling for age, sex, and sexual orientation. The study surveyed 911 Italian young adults (18–30 years, Mage = 22.3, SDage = 2.57, 74% women, 70.4% heterosexual) through an online questionnaire. The results indicate that FoMO predicts only risky sexting behaviors (sexting under substance use and sexting for emotion regulation) while not influencing experimental sexting (sending one’s own sexts). Additionally, the link between FoMO and sexting for emotion regulation is stronger among LGB individuals. Therefore, FoMO has proven to be strongly related to the two kinds of risky sexting but not to experimental sexting. Understanding this relationship can inform prevention and intervention programs on relationships, online communication, and sexting in young adults. 
653 |a Gender differences 
653 |a Sexual orientation 
653 |a Behavior 
653 |a Smartphones 
653 |a Emotional regulation 
653 |a Communication 
653 |a Heterosexuality 
653 |a Social networks 
653 |a Body image 
653 |a Young adults 
653 |a Sexual behavior 
653 |a Fear & phobias 
653 |a Cyberbullying 
653 |a Social interaction 
653 |a Emotions 
653 |a Minority & ethnic groups 
653 |a Social media 
653 |a Substance abuse 
653 |a Self image 
653 |a Age groups 
653 |a Risk factors 
653 |a LGBTQ people 
653 |a Text messaging 
653 |a Teenagers 
653 |a Risk taking 
653 |a Sexuality 
653 |a Adolescents 
653 |a Computer mediated communication 
653 |a Prevention programs 
653 |a Women 
653 |a Mass media 
653 |a Mobile phones 
653 |a Adults 
653 |a Social factors 
700 1 |a Ragona Alessandra  |u Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; alessandra.ragona@uniroma1.it 
700 1 |a Chirumbolo, Antonio  |u Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; antonio.chirumbolo@uniroma1.it 
700 1 |a Nappa, Maria Rosaria  |u Department of Systems Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, 00133 Rome, Italy; maria.rosaria.nappa@uniroma2.it 
700 1 |a Babore Alessandra  |u Department of Psychology, University ‘G. d’Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara, 66013 Chieti, Italy; a.babore@unich.it (A.B.); c.trumello@unich.it (C.T.) 
700 1 |a Trumello Carmen  |u Department of Psychology, University ‘G. d’Annunzio’ of Chieti-Pescara, 66013 Chieti, Italy; a.babore@unich.it (A.B.); c.trumello@unich.it (C.T.) 
700 1 |a Sciabica, Gaetano Maria  |u Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, and Health Studies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy; mara.morelli@uniroma1.it (M.M.); gaetanomaria.sciabica@uniroma1.it (G.M.S.) 
700 1 |a Cattelino, Elena  |u Department of Human and Social Science, University of Valle d’Aosta, 11100 Aosta, Italy 
773 0 |t Behavioral Sciences  |g vol. 15, no. 4 (2025), p. 454 
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