The habitual characteristic of smart phone use under relevant cues among Chinese college students
Excessive smartphone use may be habitual behavior induced by cues associated with the phone. Habitual behavior occurs outside of awareness and is characterized by lack of control. It is not like problematic smartphone use (PSU) (Brand et al., 2016), which is used to either limit behavior or produce...
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| author | Ming Li Ming Li Jieyue Duan Yuning Liu Jingxin Zou Xuesong Yang Hong Zeng |
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| description | Excessive smartphone use may be habitual behavior induced by cues associated with the phone. Habitual behavior occurs outside of awareness and is characterized by lack of control. It is not like problematic smartphone use (PSU) (Brand et al., 2016), which is used to either limit behavior or produce pleasure and relieve feelings of pain, stress, and failure despite significant harmful consequences. 62 college students participated in experiments to test the effects of visual cues and self-control, which are the important characteristic of habitual behavior in smartphone-related behavior. The results showed that a significantly larger amount of cue-related phone use behavior occurred in the setting where participants (a) had their smartphones in sight and (b) were given no instructions to exert self-control, compared to when neither of the two conditions was imposed. The habitual model is a useful framework for understanding PSU and can help people avoid it with less stress. The results provide substantial implications for reducing the frequency and duration of smartphone use among college populations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-435f3baf2d524a0581f06b5fc1ce09092023-09-21T08:52:45ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-09-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12188861218886The habitual characteristic of smart phone use under relevant cues among Chinese college studentsMing Li0Ming Li1Jieyue Duan2Yuning Liu3Jingxin Zou4Xuesong Yang5Hong Zeng6Department of Psychology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, ChinaCollege of Science and Engineering, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaZhuhai Center for Chronic Disease Control, Zhuhai, ChinaSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United KingdomDepartment of Psychology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, ChinaInternational Joint Laboratory for Embryonic Development and Prenatal Medicine, Medical College, Jinan University, Guangzhou, ChinaClinical and Counseling Psychology Research Center, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, ChinaExcessive smartphone use may be habitual behavior induced by cues associated with the phone. Habitual behavior occurs outside of awareness and is characterized by lack of control. It is not like problematic smartphone use (PSU) (Brand et al., 2016), which is used to either limit behavior or produce pleasure and relieve feelings of pain, stress, and failure despite significant harmful consequences. 62 college students participated in experiments to test the effects of visual cues and self-control, which are the important characteristic of habitual behavior in smartphone-related behavior. The results showed that a significantly larger amount of cue-related phone use behavior occurred in the setting where participants (a) had their smartphones in sight and (b) were given no instructions to exert self-control, compared to when neither of the two conditions was imposed. The habitual model is a useful framework for understanding PSU and can help people avoid it with less stress. The results provide substantial implications for reducing the frequency and duration of smartphone use among college populations.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1218886/fullhabitual smartphone useproblematic smartphone usecue induced behaviorself-controlHSUS |
| spellingShingle | Ming Li Ming Li Jieyue Duan Yuning Liu Jingxin Zou Xuesong Yang Hong Zeng The habitual characteristic of smart phone use under relevant cues among Chinese college students Frontiers in Psychology habitual smartphone use problematic smartphone use cue induced behavior self-control HSUS |
| title | The habitual characteristic of smart phone use under relevant cues among Chinese college students |
| title_full | The habitual characteristic of smart phone use under relevant cues among Chinese college students |
| title_fullStr | The habitual characteristic of smart phone use under relevant cues among Chinese college students |
| title_full_unstemmed | The habitual characteristic of smart phone use under relevant cues among Chinese college students |
| title_short | The habitual characteristic of smart phone use under relevant cues among Chinese college students |
| title_sort | habitual characteristic of smart phone use under relevant cues among chinese college students |
| topic | habitual smartphone use problematic smartphone use cue induced behavior self-control HSUS |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1218886/full |
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