scholarly journals Social Media Are a Powerful Distractor for the Vast Majority of Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teun Siebers ◽  
Ine Beyens ◽  
J. Loes Pouwels ◽  
Patti M. Valkenburg
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Parental Control ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Social Connectivity

Social media are often believed to challenge adolescents’ ability to focus and sustain attention. While existing research has shown that some adolescents experience more social media-related distraction than others, the explanations for these differences remain largely unknown. The current study investigated two social connectivity factors (fear of missing out [FoMO] and friendship accessibility expectations) and two disconnectivity factors (self-control strategies and parental control strategies) that may explain differences in social media-related distraction. Using a three-week experience sampling study (N = 300; 21,970 within-person assessments), we found that the vast majority of adolescents (77%) experienced social media-related distraction. Contrary to expectations, none of the connectivity and disconnectivity factors explained differences in social media-related distraction. However, adolescents with high FoMO and friendship accessibility expectations spent more time using social media and were more distracted. Conversely, adolescents who more often used self-control strategies were less distracted. Altogether, the findings indicate that social media are a powerful distractor most adolescents seem to struggle with.

scholarly journals Distracted or Not? An Experience Sampling Study on Adolescents’ Social Media Use and Self-Control Failure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teun Siebers ◽  
Ine Beyens ◽  
J. Loes Pouwels ◽  
Patti M. Valkenburg
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Control Research ◽  
Control Failure ◽  
Current Experience ◽  
Group 1

One of the key challenges in adolescence is to develop the ability for self-control. The current experience sampling method (ESM) study examined whether adolescents who spend more time on social media than their peers are more inclined to fail at this ability (between-person association), whether social media use and self-control failure co-fluctuate within adolescents (within-person association), and whether this within-person association differs from person to person. With a sample of 383 adolescents (Mage = 14.1), who together completed 35,099 ESM surveys (73% compliance), we found both a positive between-person association (β = .31) and a positive within-person association (β = .12) of social media use with self-control failure. However, the within-person association differed from adolescent to adolescent: While social media use was positively associated with self-control failure among most adolescents (52%), it was not associated among a large group (47%), and negatively associated among a very small group (1%). The findings highlight the importance of a person-specific approach in social media and self-control research and open up new directions for future studies.

scholarly journals Self-control in daily life: Prevalence and effectiveness of diverse self-control strategies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Milyavskaya ◽  
Blair Saunders ◽  
Michael Inzlicht
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Experience Sampling ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Multiple Strategies ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Theoretical Predictions

What strategies do people use to resist desires in their day-to-day life? How effective are these strategies? Do people use different strategies for different desires? This study addresses these questions using experience sampling to examine strategy use in daily life. Participants (N=197, Mage = 20.4, 63% female) reported on their use of six specific strategies (situation modification, distraction, reminding self of goals, promise to give in later, reminder of why it is bad, willpower) to resist desires (4462 desires reported over a week) . Participants reported using at least one strategy 89% of the time, and more than one strategy 25% of the time. Goal reminders and promises to give in later were more likely to be used for stronger desires. People also preferred different strategies for different types of desires (e.g., eating vs. leisure vs. work, etc.). In contrast to recent theoretical predictions, we find that many strategies, including inhibition, are similarly effective and that using multiple strategies is especially effective.

Strategies for Success: The Impact of Self-Control Strategies on Behavior

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Ringler ◽  
Andrea Morales ◽  
Steven Nowlis
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Strategies For Success ◽  
The Impact

Self-control and social media

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mindi Price ◽  
Lauren Brewer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Self Control

scholarly journals Dark consequences of social media-induced fear of missing out (FoMO): Social media stalking, comparisons, and fatigue

2021 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 120931
Author(s):  
Anushree Tandon ◽  
Amandeep Dhir ◽  
Shalini Talwar ◽  
Puneet Kaur ◽  
Matti Mäntymäki
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out

Fear of Missing Out as motivation to process information: How differences in Instagram use affect attitude formation online

2021 ◽  
pp. 146144482110118
Author(s):  
Dominik Neumann ◽  
Patricia T Huddleston ◽  
Bridget K Behe
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Advertising Strategy ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Advertising Content ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Marketing Messages

Marketing on social media has become ubiquitous. Consequently, social media platforms are increasing the level of advertising content that users may later encounter when navigating online shopping websites. It is unclear how this amplification of exposure to marketing messages through social media affects consumers’ attitudes to products online. Furthermore, the roles of social media participation and proneness to experience Fear of Missing Out on product attitude remain largely unexplored. In this research ( N = 1002), we employed an online survey of US Instagram users. These data were submitted to three-way moderation regression analyses with attitude toward the product as the dependent variable. Consumers who are more active on social media and had high (vs low) Fear of Missing Out expressed more favorable attitudes toward online products after being exposed to Instagram content (vs not exposed). The theoretical and practical implications for cognitive processing research and advertising strategy and study limitations are discussed.

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