Reflective smartphone disengagement: Conceptualization, measurement, and validation.
- Author(s)
- Jörg Matthes, Kathrin Karsay, Melanie Hirsch, Anja Stevic, Desiree Schmuck
- Abstract
The present paper develops a new concept, called Reflective Smartphone Disengagement (RSD), defined as individuals' deliberate efforts to control and restrict smartphone use. Based on the reflective-impulsive model, we examined the RSD concept in four studies, using cross-sectional data of adolescents (Study 1, N = 453, Study 3, N = 760) and adults (Study 4, N = 672), as well as panel data of adults (Study 2, N = 461). In Study 1, findings from exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses supported the one-dimensionality of the RSD scale. In Study 2, we found evidence for high test-retest reliability as well as discriminant validity, and in terms of predictive validity, RSD negatively predicted excessive smartphone use, information overload, and the social availability norm over time. Study 3 demonstrated convergent validity with a negative relationship with trait nomophobia and a positive one with trait self-reflection. Study 4 confirms the structural validity of a shorter version of the scale. We discuss avenues for future research and broader implications of the RSD concept for the field.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Communication
- External organisation(s)
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, The Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
- Journal
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Volume
- 128
- No. of pages
- 11
- ISSN
- 0747-5632
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107078
- Publication date
- 2021
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 508007 Communication science
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychology(all), Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Human-Computer Interaction
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/reflective-smartphone-disengagement-conceptualization-measurement-and-validation(e9e6a481-190d-4b2b-97fa-f54ca64d3863).html