Modern day addictions: The role of temptations in a reflective-impulsive-interoceptive awareness model of information system use
This study examines a behavioral tripartite model developed in the field of addiction, and applied here to understanding general and impulsive information technology use. It suggests that technology use is driven by two information-processing brain systems: reflective and impulsive, and that their e...
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| description | This study examines a behavioral tripartite model developed in the field of addiction, and applied here to understanding general and impulsive information technology use. It suggests that technology use is driven by two information-processing brain systems: reflective and impulsive, and that their effects on use are modulated by interoceptive awareness processes. The resultant reflective-impulsive-interoceptive awareness model is tested in two behavioral studies. Both studies employ SEM techniques to time-lagged self-report data from n1=300 and n2=369 social networking site users. Study 1 demonstrated that temptations augment the effect of habit on technology use, and reduce the effect of satisfaction on use. Study 2 showed that temptations strengthen the effect of habit on impulsive technology use, and weaken the effect of behavioral expectations on impulsive technology use. Hence, the results consistently support the notion that information technology users’ behaviors are influenced by reflective and impulsive information processing systems; and that the equilibrium of these systems is determined, at least in part, by one’s temptations. These results can serve as a basis for understanding the etiology of modern day addictions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95c27578636a4d20a96d312d46dd69402022-12-22T00:32:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782016-04-01710.3389/fpsyg.2016.00601194729Modern day addictions: The role of temptations in a reflective-impulsive-interoceptive awareness model of information system useOfir eTurel0Antoine eBechara1Cal State Fullerton & University of Southern CaliforniaUSCThis study examines a behavioral tripartite model developed in the field of addiction, and applied here to understanding general and impulsive information technology use. It suggests that technology use is driven by two information-processing brain systems: reflective and impulsive, and that their effects on use are modulated by interoceptive awareness processes. The resultant reflective-impulsive-interoceptive awareness model is tested in two behavioral studies. Both studies employ SEM techniques to time-lagged self-report data from n1=300 and n2=369 social networking site users. Study 1 demonstrated that temptations augment the effect of habit on technology use, and reduce the effect of satisfaction on use. Study 2 showed that temptations strengthen the effect of habit on impulsive technology use, and weaken the effect of behavioral expectations on impulsive technology use. Hence, the results consistently support the notion that information technology users’ behaviors are influenced by reflective and impulsive information processing systems; and that the equilibrium of these systems is determined, at least in part, by one’s temptations. These results can serve as a basis for understanding the etiology of modern day addictions.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00601/fullImpulsive BehaviorInteroceptive AwarenessSatisfactiontemptationplanned behaviorDual-systems |
| spellingShingle | Ofir eTurel Antoine eBechara Modern day addictions: The role of temptations in a reflective-impulsive-interoceptive awareness model of information system use Frontiers in Psychology Impulsive Behavior Interoceptive Awareness Satisfaction temptation planned behavior Dual-systems |
| title | Modern day addictions: The role of temptations in a reflective-impulsive-interoceptive awareness model of information system use |
| title_full | Modern day addictions: The role of temptations in a reflective-impulsive-interoceptive awareness model of information system use |
| title_fullStr | Modern day addictions: The role of temptations in a reflective-impulsive-interoceptive awareness model of information system use |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modern day addictions: The role of temptations in a reflective-impulsive-interoceptive awareness model of information system use |
| title_short | Modern day addictions: The role of temptations in a reflective-impulsive-interoceptive awareness model of information system use |
| title_sort | modern day addictions the role of temptations in a reflective impulsive interoceptive awareness model of information system use |
| topic | Impulsive Behavior Interoceptive Awareness Satisfaction temptation planned behavior Dual-systems |
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