Studying problems, not problematic usage: Do mobile checking habits increase procrastination and decrease well-being?

IF 3.1 1区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
Adrian Meier
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Abstract

Most prior research on the effects of mobile and social media on well-being has worked from either the “technology addiction” or “screen time” approach. Yet these frameworks struggle with considerable conceptual and methodological limitations. The present study discusses and tests an established but understudied alternative, the technology habit approach. Instead of conflating mobile usage with problems (i.e., addictive/problematic usage) or ignoring users’ psychological engagement with mobiles (i.e., screen time), this approach investigates how person-level (habit strength) and day-level aspects of mobile habits (perceived interruptions and the urge to check) contribute to a key problem outcome, procrastination, as well as affective well-being and meaningfulness. In a five-day diary study with N = 532 student smartphone users providing N = 2,331 diary entries, mobile checking habit strength, perceived interruptions, and the urge to check together explained small to moderate amounts of procrastination. Procrastination, in turn, was linked to lower affective well-being and meaningfulness. Yet mobile habits showed only very small or no direct associations with affective well-being and meaningfulness. By separating habitual mobile connectivity from problem outcomes and well-being measures, this research demonstrates a promising alternative to the study of digital well-being.
研究问题,而不是问题用法:手机检查习惯会增加拖延症并降低幸福感吗?
大多数先前关于移动和社交媒体对幸福感影响的研究都是从“技术成瘾”或“屏幕时间”的方法进行的。然而,这些框架在概念和方法上都存在相当大的局限性。本研究讨论并测试了一种已建立但研究不足的替代方法,即技术习惯方法。这种方法没有将手机使用与问题(即成瘾/有问题的使用)混为一谈,也没有忽视用户对手机的心理参与(即屏幕时间),而是调查了个人层面(习惯强度)和日常层面的手机习惯(感知到的干扰和检查的冲动)是如何导致关键问题结果拖延的,以及情感上的幸福感和意义。在一项为期五天的日记研究中,有532名学生智能手机用户提供了2331条日记条目,手机检查习惯的强度、感知到的干扰以及一起检查的冲动解释了小到中等程度的拖延。拖延反过来又与情感幸福感和意义感的降低有关。然而,移动习惯与情感幸福感和意义只有很小的联系,甚至没有直接联系。通过将习惯性的移动连接与问题结果和幸福感指标相分离,这项研究证明了数字幸福感研究的一个有前景的替代方案。
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CiteScore
9.40
自引率
16.30%
发文量
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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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