Mariko Inoue (doctoral student) of the University of Toyama and Professor Masahiro Kawakami of Osaka Shoin Women's University found that students with low self-control or who feel they need help from others to control their behavior are Although students felt that they spent a lot of time using their smartphones, the actual amount of time they spent using them was no different from students who did not feel that way.
Trouble with smartphones is not just due to long usage times, but also using them at inappropriate times is also considered to be one of the problematic behaviors.The study focused on the amount of time spent using smartphones over a 1-hour period. Subjective and objective usage time and self-control of 24 college students using iPhones, based on the usage purpose of ``total usage time'', ``SNS'', ``video and internet'', and ``games''. We investigated the relationship between attitudes toward delay (delay in tasks with a deadline) and attitudes toward delay.
The results showed that people with poor planning skills and those who tend to rely on others were associated with the length of time they subjectively spent using videos and the Internet, but not with the amount of time they actually used the Internet.In other words, they did not know the actual usage time and estimated that they were using videos and the Internet for longer than they actually were.Furthermore, no relationship was found between attitudes toward delays and time spent using smartphones.
This reveals that the mere amount of time college students use their smartphones is not uniformly related to self-control, but rather only to estimates of usage time related to specific usage purposes. It was suggested.The research team points out that the reason for this may be related to lifestyle and the degree of interference from family members living together, but this requires further investigation.This study suggests the importance of research that focuses on the actual amount of time a smartphone is used.
Paper information:[Area of Psychology] Relationship between self-control and attitude toward delay in university students and subjective and objective iPhone usage time
