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Mindful Instant Messaging: Mindfulness and Autonomous Motivation as Predictors of Well-Being in Smartphone Communication 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Bauer, Arne A.,Loy, Laura S.,Masur, Philipp K.,Schneider, Frank M.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Hogrefe Publishing
  • 출판년도2017
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Journal of Media Psychology
  • 발행사항Vol.29No.3[2017]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN1864-1105
  • 소개/요약The number of smartphone users surpassed two billion in 2016; the most popular applications are instant messengers. However, research about benefits and risks for users has yielded contradictory findings and indicates that the relation between smartphone use and well-being depends on many conditions. We propose mindfulness as a predictor of well-being related to instant messaging. In our study, 211 participants answered short questionnaires on the evenings of five consecutive days. Multilevel analyses showed that a mindful use of instant messaging was positively related to users’ well-being, as indicated by more positive affect and less stress related to instant messaging. Moreover, the relation between day-specific mindfulness and well-being was statistically mediated by a more autonomous motivation to use instant messengers.