Sharing is caring: The positive role of smartphone co-use in social dynamics

IF 3.1 1区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
Anneleen Meeus, Anja Stevic
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Smartphones are increasingly present during the exchanges we have with others in real life. Such co-present smartphone use has mainly been examined from a negative perspective, and research has insufficiently recognized the positive role these behaviors may play in social relationships. The main goal of the current study was therefore to offer insight into the processes by which smartphone co-use may be related to positive social dynamics during in-person interactions. Data were collected through two cross-sectional studies among 1) in Austria ( N = 257, Mage = 32.84, SDage = 13.97, 55.9% female) and 2) in Belgium ( N = 180, Mage = 10.79, SDage = 0.66, 54% female) in 2022. Results from Study 1 indicated a significant indirect relationship between co-use and friendship satisfaction mediated through emotional support and companionship. Only for male participants, the relationship between smartphone co-use and perceived companionship was evident. Study 2 further indicated that this relationship was mediated through increased companionship and perceived emotional support for male participants, but not for female participants. As such, the current study offers an important first step in exploring the positive role co-present smartphone use can play in social relationships among different generations.
分享就是关爱:智能手机共同使用在社会动态中的积极作用
在现实生活中,智能手机越来越多地出现在我们与他人的交流中。这种共同使用智能手机的行为主要是从负面的角度进行研究的,而对于这些行为在社会关系中可能发挥的积极作用,研究认识不足。因此,本研究的主要目的是深入探讨在人际交往中,智能手机的共同使用可能与积极的社会动态之间的关系。本研究通过两项横断面研究收集了数据:1)2022 年在奥地利(样本数 = 257,年龄平均值 = 32.84,平均年龄 = 13.97,女性占 55.9%)和比利时(样本数 = 180,年龄平均值 = 10.79,平均年龄 = 0.66,女性占 54%)进行的研究。研究 1 的结果表明,通过情感支持和陪伴,共同使用与友谊满意度之间存在显著的间接关系。只有男性参与者的智能手机共同使用与感知到的陪伴之间存在明显的关系。研究 2 进一步表明,男性参与者通过增加陪伴和感知到的情感支持来调节这种关系,而女性参与者则不然。因此,本研究为探索共同使用智能手机在不同代际之间的社会关系中可能发挥的积极作用迈出了重要的第一步。
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期刊介绍: Mobile Media & Communication is a peer-reviewed forum for international, interdisciplinary academic research on the dynamic field of mobile media and communication. Mobile Media & Communication draws on a wide and continually renewed range of disciplines, engaging broadly in the concept of mobility itself.
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