Abstract
Cumulative evidence has demonstrated that mobile phone distraction, in particular among emerging adults, is a growing problem. Considerable efforts have been made to contribute to the literature by proposing cognitive emotion pre-occupation which acts as an underlying mechanism through which mobile phone distraction results in a reduction in psychological well-being. The proposed model is supported by distraction-conflict theory which reveals that users, with high attention control, are better at coping with the negative consequences of mobile phone distraction. The data, consisting of 914 University students in China, was analyzed using statistical tools. The results support that mobile phone distraction has a significant positive relationship with cognitive emotional pre-occupation which negatively affects users' psychological well-being. Our findings also reveal that attention control moderated the mediation effect of cognitive emotional pre-occupation in association with mobile phone distraction and psychological well-being. The theoretical and practical implications are also discussed along with limitations and future research.
Highlights
Mobile phone technology has become a major part of people’s daily life
We performed structural equation modeling (SEM) using IBM- AMOS 23 to find out the confirmatory factor analysis and model fit indices
On the basis of distraction conflict theory, the current study proposed a research model to examine the effects of mobile phone distraction on psychological well-being
Summary
Mobile phone technology has become a major part of people’s daily life. Especially youths use mobile technology for various purposes (Soyemi Jumoke, 2015; Alalwan et al, 2018). In China, young adolescents are very fond of using a mobile phone in their daily routine activities such as during working, driving, and studying making it their first priority (Zhou, 2019), the negative consequences of the continuous usage of a mobile phone have been illustrated in recent studies. The overuse of mobile phones has adverse effect on users’ academic performance (Thomée et al, 2011; Lepp et al, 2015; Anderson et al, 2017), and work performance (Turel et al, 2011) and cause technology driven consequences (e.g., distraction) (Coursaris et al, 2012). The problematic use of a mobile phone has become a societal debate; it is important to investigate the negative consequences of mobile phone usage in Mobile Phone and Psychological Well-Being
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