University of Pittsburgh.
University of Delaware.
Child Dev. 2021 Sep;92(5):1717-1734. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13553. Epub 2021 May 6.
Two preregistered experiments with 2,733 U.S. high school students (age range = 13-19 years) compared the impact of different messages on adolescents' motivation to control social media use (SMU). A traditional message emphasized the benefits of avoiding SMU, whereas a values-alignment message framed controlling SMU as being consistent with autonomy and social justice. Compared to no message or a traditional message, in both studies, a values-alignment message led to greater motivation to control SMU immediately afterward, and in Study 2, awareness of "addictive" social media designs 3 months later. As hypothesized, values-alignment messaging was more motivating for girls than boys. Results offer preliminary support for leveraging adolescents' drives for autonomy and social justice to motivate self-regulation of SMU.
两项预先注册的实验共招募了 2733 名美国高中生（年龄范围 13-19 岁），比较了不同信息对青少年控制社交媒体使用（SMU）动机的影响。传统信息强调避免使用 SMU 的好处，而价值契合信息则将控制 SMU 与自主性和社会正义相一致。与没有信息或传统信息相比，在两项研究中，价值契合信息都能使青少年在随后更有动力去控制 SMU，在第二项研究中，3 个月后，青少年对“上瘾”社交媒体设计的认识也得到了提高。正如假设的那样，对于女孩来说，价值契合信息比男孩更有激励作用。研究结果初步支持利用青少年的自主性和社会正义感来激励自我调节 SMU。
