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This study aims to explore how mobile phone addiction leads to college students\u2019 learning burnout, with a focus on the mediating role of depression and the moderating role of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Convenient sampling was used to collect 1862 valid questionnaires from over 10 universities in China. A moderated mediation model was constructed to analyze the relationship and mechanism among mobile phone addiction, learning burnout, depression and FOMO through structural equation modeling.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>(1) Mobile phone addiction has a significant positive impact on college students\u2019 learning burnout (\u03b2=0.4767, p &amp;lt; 0.001); (2) Depression plays a partial mediating role between mobile phone addiction and learning burnout (95% CI= [0.0706,0.1145]), with the mediating effect accounting for 19.34% of the total effect; (3) FOMO moderates the relationship between depression and learning burnout. Specifically, depression has a stronger impact on learning burnout among college students with low FOMO.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study reveals the mechanism of mobile phone addiction on college students\u2019 learning burnout, and confirms the mediating role of depression and the moderating role of FOMO. By integrating Self-Determination Theory, we further explain the specific mechanisms of FOMO\u2019s moderating role. This offers a which provides a new perspective for understanding the impact of mobile phone addiction on college students\u2019 learning burnout. 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