Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents
Phone use during face-to-face interactions has become increasingly common in adolescents’ social lives, but the mechanisms through which the behavior is associated with adolescents’ socioemotional wellbeing remain understudied. Drawing on the frameworks of digital social multitasking (DSMT) and dig...
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Phone use during face-to-face interactions has become increasingly common in adolescents’ social lives, but the mechanisms through which the behavior is associated with adolescents’ socioemotional wellbeing remain understudied. Drawing on the frameworks of digital social multitasking (DSMT) and digital stress, this study examined whether and how three types of digital stress (availability stress, connection overload, and fear of missing out) mediated the association between phone use in friendships and socioemotional wellbeing (depressive symptoms and friendship quality) among adolescents. A sample of 517 adolescents (Mage = 14.83, SD = 1.93) completed an online survey. Results showed that phone use during face-to-face interactions with a friend (i.e., DSMT) had an indirect relationship with greater depressive symptoms through all three types of digital stress. It also had an indirect relationship with better friendship quality via fear of missing out. The paths involving connection overload was moderated by the seriousness of the face-to-face interactions—in more serious interactions, DSMT had an indirect relationship with depressive symptoms, but not friendship quality; in less serious interactions, DSMT had an indirect relationship with friendship quality, but not depressive symptoms. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f41c0fe8a98d494aa7257895e091e2f22024-03-23T13:14:03ZengMasaryk UniversityCyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace1802-79622023-01-0117110.5817/CP2023-1-6Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescentsChia-chen Yang0Christina Smith1Thomas Pham2Jati Ariati3School of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USASchool of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USASchool of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USASchool of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA; Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang Phone use during face-to-face interactions has become increasingly common in adolescents’ social lives, but the mechanisms through which the behavior is associated with adolescents’ socioemotional wellbeing remain understudied. Drawing on the frameworks of digital social multitasking (DSMT) and digital stress, this study examined whether and how three types of digital stress (availability stress, connection overload, and fear of missing out) mediated the association between phone use in friendships and socioemotional wellbeing (depressive symptoms and friendship quality) among adolescents. A sample of 517 adolescents (Mage = 14.83, SD = 1.93) completed an online survey. Results showed that phone use during face-to-face interactions with a friend (i.e., DSMT) had an indirect relationship with greater depressive symptoms through all three types of digital stress. It also had an indirect relationship with better friendship quality via fear of missing out. The paths involving connection overload was moderated by the seriousness of the face-to-face interactions—in more serious interactions, DSMT had an indirect relationship with depressive symptoms, but not friendship quality; in less serious interactions, DSMT had an indirect relationship with friendship quality, but not depressive symptoms. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed. https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/21239digital social multitaskingdigital stressco-present phone useavailability stressconnection overloadFOMO |
| spellingShingle | Chia-chen Yang Christina Smith Thomas Pham Jati Ariati Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberpspace digital social multitasking digital stress co-present phone use availability stress connection overload FOMO |
| title | Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents |
| title_full | Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents |
| title_short | Digital social multitasking (DSMT), digital stress, and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents |
| title_sort | digital social multitasking dsmt digital stress and socioemotional wellbeing among adolescents |
| topic | digital social multitasking digital stress co-present phone use availability stress connection overload FOMO |
| url | https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/21239 |
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