Duradoni Mirko, Serritella Elena, Avolio Claudia, Arnetoli Claudio, Guazzini Andrea
Department of Education, Literatures, Intercultural Studies, Languages and Psychology, University of Florence, 50135 Florence, Italy.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2022 Dec 1;12(12):489. doi: 10.3390/bs12120489.
The use of new technologies and information communication technology services (ICTs) has greatly increased, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in an irrevocable change in people's work-life balance (WLB). Despite the thriving literature on the dysfunctional use of new technologies, a functional use of ICTs also seems to be possible. Inspired by the theory of psychology of harmony and referring to behavioral addiction models and substance use models, we defined the construct of digital life balance to indicate a harmonic balance between digital life and real life. In this context, the imbalance between online and offline life may reflect a dysfunctional use of ICTs and can be seen as a process of disharmonization. With this perspective in mind, the aim of this study was to develop a dedicated measuring instrument that could capture both people's balanced and unbalanced use of ICTs. Through two cross-sectional studies (Study 1= 1473 participants; Study 2 = 953 participants), we validated the scale internally and externally. In line with the literature, Digital Life Balance scores appeared to be negatively associated with addiction measures and positively associated with well-being measures. In conclusion, the Digital Life Balance (DLB) Scale appears to be a reliable (ω = 0.89) and valid instrument to investigate people's harmonic and disharmonic use of ICTs.
新技术和信息通信技术服务（ICTs）的使用大幅增加，尤其是在新冠疫情之后，这导致人们的工作与生活平衡（WLB）发生了不可逆转的变化。尽管关于新技术功能失调使用的文献众多，但ICTs的功能性使用似乎也是可能的。受和谐心理学理论启发，并参考行为成瘾模型和物质使用模型，我们定义了数字生活平衡这一概念，以表明数字生活与现实生活之间的和谐平衡。在此背景下，线上与线下生活的失衡可能反映了ICTs的功能失调使用，并可被视为一种失谐过程。基于这一观点，本研究的目的是开发一种专用测量工具，能够捕捉人们对ICTs的平衡和失衡使用情况。通过两项横断面研究（研究1 = 1473名参与者；研究2 = 953名参与者），我们对该量表进行了内部和外部验证。与文献一致，数字生活平衡得分似乎与成瘾指标呈负相关，与幸福感指标呈正相关。总之，数字生活平衡（DLB）量表似乎是一种可靠的（ω = 0.89）且有效的工具，可用于研究人们对ICTs的和谐与失调使用情况。
