Abstract

Morelli, M., Rosati, F., Chirumbolo, A., Baiocco, R., Nappa, M. R., & Cattelino, E. (2024). Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) and sexting motivations among Italian young adults: Investigating the impact of age, gender, and sexual orientation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 42(2), 633-654. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241303854 (Original work published 2025)
Sage was alerted by a reader to concerns regarding potential duplication with another publication (Morelli et al., 2025) by the authors. The article published with Sage preceded the subsequent publication and was cited therein. During the investigation, the authors were queried regarding missing information on ethical approval.
The authors provided us with the copy of ethical approval certificate, and the following statement should have been included in the article:
Ethical approval: The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the Dynamic and Clinical Psychology and Health Studies at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (Protocol Number: 0000591).
The article has been updated with this statement. The authors and Sage apologize for this error.
