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The Relation Between Smartphone Use and Everyday Inattention

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dc.contributor.authorMarty-Dugas, Jeremy
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-28T16:38:51Z
dc.date.available2017-04-28T16:38:51Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-28
dc.date.submitted2017-03-09
dc.description.abstractIn two studies, we explored the relation between subjective reports of smartphone use and eve-ryday inattention. We created two questionnaires that measured general smartphone use (i.e. how frequently people send and receive texts, use social media, etc), and absent-minded smartphone use (i.e. how frequently people use their phone without a purpose in mind). In addition, partici-pants completed four scales assessing everyday attention lapses, attention-related errors, sponta-neous mind wandering and deliberate mind wandering, which were included in order to measure everyday inattention. The results of both studies revealed a strong positive relation between gen-eral and absent-minded smartphone use. Furthermore, we observed significant positive relations between each of the smartphone use questionnaires and each of the four measures of inattention. However, a series of regression analyses demonstrated that when both types of smartphone use were used as simultaneous predictors of inattention, the relation between inattention and smartphone use was driven entirely by absent-minded use. Specifically, absent-minded smartphone use consistently had a unique positive relation with the inattention measures, while general smartphone use either had no relation (Study 1) or a unique negative relation (Study 2) with inattention.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/11816
dc.language.isoenen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectSmartphonesen
dc.subjectInattentionen
dc.subjectAbsent-minded useen
dc.subjectMind-wanderingen
dc.subjectAttention errorsen
dc.titleThe Relation Between Smartphone Use and Everyday Inattentionen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws-etd.degree.departmentPsychologyen
uws-etd.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws.comment.hiddenA version work is currently under review in the journal Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. To the best of my understanding, I'm following all the copyright rules (i.e. I'll inform the journal that uploading my thesis is a degree requirement)en
uws.contributor.advisorSmilek, Daniel
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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