Institute of Public Health, USI Università della Svizzera Italiana, Via Buffi 13, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland.
Institute of Education, University of Zurich, Freiestrasse 36, 8032, Zurich, Switzerland.
Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 25;12(1):1316. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-05291-y.
Well-being and smartphone use are thought to influence each other. However, previous studies mainly focused on one direction (looking at the effects of smartphone use on well-being) and considered between-person effects, with self-reported measures of smartphone use. By using 2548 assessments of well-being and trace data of smartphone use collected for 45 consecutive days in 82 adolescent participants (M = 13.47, SD = 1.62, 54% females), the present study disentangled the reciprocal and individual dynamics of well-being and smartphone use. Hierarchical Bayesian Continuous Time Dynamic Models were used to estimate how a change in frequency and duration of smartphone use predicted a later change in well-being, and vice versa. Results revealed that (i) when participants used the smartphone frequently and for a longer period, they also reported higher levels of well-being; (ii) well-being positively predicted subsequent duration of smartphone use; (iii) usage patterns and system dynamics showed heterogeneity, with many subjects showing reciprocal effects close to zero; finally, (iv) changes in well-being tend to persist longer than changes in the frequency and duration of smartphone use.
幸福感和智能手机的使用被认为是相互影响的。然而,之前的研究主要集中在一个方向(研究智能手机使用对幸福感的影响),并考虑了个体间的影响,使用自我报告的智能手机使用测量方法。本研究使用了 82 名青少年参与者连续 45 天的 2548 次幸福感评估和智能手机使用的追踪数据(M = 13.47,SD = 1.62,54%为女性),厘清了幸福感和智能手机使用的相互和个体动态。分层贝叶斯连续时间动态模型用于估计智能手机使用频率和时长的变化如何预测幸福感的后续变化,反之亦然。结果表明:(i)当参与者频繁且长时间地使用智能手机时,他们也报告了更高的幸福感水平;(ii)幸福感正向预测随后的智能手机使用时长;(iii)使用模式和系统动态存在异质性,许多研究对象的相互影响接近于零;最后,(iv)幸福感的变化持续时间往往长于智能手机使用频率和时长的变化。