Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2018 Dec;21(12):761-767. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2018.0373. Epub 2018 Nov 30.
As mobile technology allows users to be online anywhere and at all times, a growing number of users report feeling constantly alert and preoccupied with online streams of online information and communication-a phenomenon that has recently been termed online vigilance. Despite its growing prevalence, consequences of this constant orientation toward online streams of information and communication for users' well-being are largely unclear. In the present study, we investigated whether being constantly vigilant is related to cognitive consequences in the form of increased mind-wandering and decreased mindfulness and examined the resulting implications for well-being. To test our assumptions, we estimated a path model based on survey data ( = 371). The model supported the majority of our preregistered hypotheses: online vigilance was indeed related to mind-wandering and mindfulness, but only mindfulness mediated the relationship with decreased well-being. Thus, those mentally preoccupied with online communication were overall less satisfied with their lives and reported less affective well-being when they also experienced reduced mindfulness.
随着移动技术使用户能够随时随地在线，越来越多的用户报告称他们感到始终保持警觉，并全神贯注于在线信息流和在线通信——这种现象最近被称为在线警觉。尽管这种不断关注在线信息流和通信的现象越来越普遍，但它对用户幸福感的影响在很大程度上还不清楚。在本研究中，我们调查了持续的在线警觉是否与认知后果有关，即增加思维漫游和减少正念，并研究了这对幸福感的影响。为了检验我们的假设，我们根据调查数据（n=371）构建了一个路径模型。该模型支持了我们的大多数预先注册假设：持续的在线警觉确实与思维漫游和正念有关，但只有正念对与幸福感下降的关系起中介作用。因此，当那些全神贯注于在线通信的人同时体验到减少的正念时，他们总体上对自己的生活更不满意，并且报告的情感幸福感也较低。
