The dark side of smartphone application’s smart push function: Exploring its impact on fear of missing out and smartphone addiction

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI:10.1177/20570473241239359

Qiuyue He, Zhonglu Zeng

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Abstract

This article aims to investigate the negative effects of smart push technology, which is becoming increasingly popular in digital devices and online services, particularly in smartphone-based applications (apps). Specifically, empirical relationships among the features of the app content delivered by smart push technology, fear of missing out, and smartphone addiction are explored by constructing an integrated model. The proposed relationships were tested by analyzing survey-based data collected from 227 valid samples through partial least squares-structural equation modeling. The analysis confirmed the hypothesized positive relationships among the features of app content delivered by smart push technology (entertainment and timeliness) in smartphone-based apps, fear of missing out, and smartphone addiction. Moreover, fear of missing out served as a mediator between the features of smart push technology and smartphone addiction. This study makes a significant theoretical contribution to the digital communication technology and smartphone addiction literature by revealing the influence mechanism of smart push technology on smartphone addiction. Furthermore, this study has a number of practical implications for policymakers as well as app developers.

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智能手机应用程序智能推送功能的阴暗面：探索智能手机推送功能对 "害怕错过 "和 "智能手机成瘾 "的影响

智能推送技术在数字设备和在线服务中，尤其是在基于智能手机的应用程序（Apps）中日益流行，本文旨在研究智能推送技术的负面影响。具体而言，本文通过构建一个综合模型，探讨了智能推送技术所提供的应用程序内容特征、害怕错过和智能手机成瘾之间的实证关系。通过偏最小二乘法结构方程模型分析从 227 个有效样本中收集的调查数据，检验了所提出的关系。分析结果证实了基于智能手机的应用程序中通过智能推送技术提供的应用程序内容特征（娱乐性和及时性）、害怕错过和智能手机成瘾之间的假设正相关关系。此外，"害怕错过 "在智能推送技术特征与智能手机成瘾之间起到了中介作用。本研究通过揭示智能推送技术对智能手机成瘾的影响机制，为数字通信技术和智能手机成瘾文献做出了重要的理论贡献。此外，本研究对政策制定者和应用程序开发者也有一些实际意义。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.