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Article History

Received: 10 January 2025

Accepted: 20 January 2026

First Online: 6 March 2026

Declarations

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: This study was conducted after obtaining ethical clearance from Bsşkent University Social and Humanities and Arts Field Research Committee (Verification Code: BSN5R1YBAB, Verification Address: .). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

: Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.

: No animal studies were carried out by the authors for this research.

: ET, who is a clinical psychologist and graduated from Baskent University’s master’s program, and BAS, who is a faculty member at Baskent University, alone are responsible for the views expressed in this publication and do not necessarily represent the decisions or the policies of Baskent University.

: The present study is produced from master’s thesis titled “An Examination of FOMO Within the Cognitive-Behavioral Framework: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Distortions and Metacognitions in the Relationship Between FOMO and Problematic Smartphone Use”.

: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.