School of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Aviation, Oklahoma State University, 217 Willard Hall, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2021 Dec;50(12):2456-2471. doi: 10.1007/s10964-021-01442-y. Epub 2021 May 15.
Most existing research assumes "phone use during face-to-face interactions" to be psychosocially detrimental. Drawing on the digital social multitasking framework, this study explored not only the negative but also positive implications of the behavior. A sample of 517 adolescents (M = 14.83, S.D. = 1.93; 50% female) recruited through the Qualtrics panel completed an online survey. Results showed that adolescents' and their friend's digital social multitasking were both associated with (1) greater perceived efficiency, which, in turn, was associated with competence need satisfaction, and (2) greater perceived connection, which, in turn, was associated with better friendship quality, autonomy need satisfaction, and relatedness need satisfaction. Adolescents' own multitasking also had an indirect, negative relationship with friendship quality through perceived distraction, but friend's multitasking did not compromise friendship quality. The study provides a more balanced picture, showing that despite the potential harm of digital social multitasking, adolescents' phone use during face-to-face peer interactions also involves potential benefits for teens' psychosocial well-being.
大多数现有研究都假设“在面对面互动期间使用手机”对心理社会有害。本研究借鉴数字社交多重任务处理框架，不仅探讨了该行为的负面影响，还探讨了其积极影响。通过 Qualtrics 小组招募了 517 名青少年（M=14.83，S.D.=1.93；50%为女性）参与在线调查。结果表明，青少年及其朋友的数字社交多重任务处理均与以下因素相关：（1）更高的感知效率，而感知效率又与能力需求满足相关；（2）更高的感知联系，而感知联系又与更好的友谊质量、自主需求满足和相关需求满足相关。青少年自身的多重任务处理也通过感知干扰对友谊质量产生间接的负面影响，但朋友的多重任务处理不会影响友谊质量。该研究提供了一个更平衡的画面，表明尽管数字社交多重任务处理存在潜在危害，但青少年在面对面同伴互动期间使用手机也可能对其心理社会幸福感有益。
