Facebook addiction and impulsive decision-making

Delaney, Daniel J.; Stein, L. A. R.; Gruber, Russell E.

doi:10.1080/16066359.2017.1406482

Cited by 22 publications

(18 citation statements)

References 68 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Our results are consistent with a previous finding demonstrating that BFAS score correlates with another aspect of cognitive impulsivity, delay discounting (Delaney, Stein, & Gruber, 2017). Research has demonstrated that the delay discounting task and the IGT assess different aspects of impulsive choice (Stevens et al, 2014).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Excessive social media users demonstrate impaired decision making in the Iowa Gambling Task

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background and aims: Online social networking sites (SNSs) like Facebook provide users with myriad social rewards. These social rewards bring users back to SNSs repeatedly, with some users displaying maladaptive, excessive SNS use. Symptoms of this excessive SNS use are similar to symptoms of substance use and behavioral addictive disorders. Importantly, individuals with substance use and behavioral addictive disorders have difficulty making value-based decisions, as demonstrated with paradigms like the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT); however, it is currently unknown if excessive SNS users display the same decision-making deficits. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between excessive SNS use and IGT performance. Methods: We administered the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) to 71 participants to assess their maladaptive use of the Facebook SNS. We next had them perform 100 trials of the IGT to assess their value-based decision making. Results: We found a negative correlation between BFAS score and performance in the IGT across participants, specifically over the last block of 20 trials. There were no correlations between BFAS score and IGT performance in earlier blocks of trials. Discussion: Our results demonstrate that more severe, excessive SNS use is associated with more deficient valuebased decision making. In particular, our results indicate that excessive SNS users may make more risky decisions during the IGT task. Conclusion: This result further supports a parallel between individuals with problematic, excessive SNS use, and individuals with substance use and behavioral addictive disorders.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Excessive social media users demonstrate impaired decision making in the Iowa Gambling Task

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…This study includes subjects who spend excessive amounts of time using social networking platforms via smartphones. Previous studies suggest that subjects with excessive social media use have difficulty in proper decision-making for the delayed reward (Delaney, Stein, & Gruber, 2018;Turel, He, Brevers, & Bechara, 2018).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Lateral orbitofrontal gray matter abnormalities in subjects with problematic smartphone use

et al. 2019

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background and aims Smartphone use is becoming commonplace and exerting adequate control over smartphone use has become an important mental health issue. Little is known about the neurobiology underlying problematic smartphone use. We hypothesized that structural abnormalities in the fronto-cingulate brain region could be implicated in problematic smartphone use, similar to that has been reported for Internet gaming disorder and Internet addiction. This study investigated fronto-cingulate gray matter abnormalities in problematic smartphone users, particularly those who spend time on social networking platforms. Methods The study included 39 problematic smartphone users with excessive use of social networking platforms via smartphone and 49 normal control male and female smartphone users. We conducted voxel-based morphometric analysis with diffeomorphic anatomical registration using an exponentiated Lie algebra algorithm. Region of interest analysis was performed on the fronto-cingulate region to identify whether gray matter volume (GMV) differed between the two groups. Results Problematic smartphone users had significantly smaller GMV in the right lateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) than healthy controls, and there were significant negative correlations between GMV in the right lateral OFC and the Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale (SAPS) score, including the SAPS tolerance subscale. Conclusions These results suggest that lateral orbitofrontal gray matter abnormalities are implicated in problematic smartphone use, especially in social networking platform overuse. Small GMV in the lateral OFC was correlated with an increasing tendency to be immersed in smartphone use. Our results suggest that orbitofrontal gray matter abnormalities affect regulatory control over previously reinforced behaviors and may underlie problematic smartphone use.

show abstract

“…value dimension within an intertemporal choice task. In another study focusing on one aspect of smartphone usage, Delaney et al [34] found that Facebook addicts discounted future rewards more heavily than matched controls. In a comprehensive field experiment Hadar et al [35] compared a group of heavy smartphone users, as determined by questionnaires and verified by usage data recorded over a seven-day period, to a group lacking any experience with smartphones on a range of behavioral measures.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Likes and impulsivity: Investigating the relationship between actual smartphone use and delay discounting

Endert

Mohr

2020

PLoS ONE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The omnipresence of smartphones among adolescents and adults gives rise to the questions about excessive use and personality factors which are associated with heavier engagement with these devices. Previous studies have found behavioral similarities between smartphone use and maladaptive behaviors (e.g. drinking, gambling, drug abuse) in the context of intertemporal choice but mostly relied on participants’ self-reports regarding engagement with their phone. In this study, we collected actual usage data by smartphone application from 101 participants and assessed their tendency to discount future rewards, their reward responsiveness, self-control and consideration of future consequences. We found that smartphone screen time was correlated with choosing smaller immediate over larger delayed rewards and that usage of social media and gaming apps predicted delay discounting. Additionally, smartphone use was negatively correlated with self-control but not correlated with consideration of future consequences. Neither psychological variable could mediate the relationship between smartphone usage and delay discounting. Our findings provide further evidence that smartphone use and impulsive decision-making go hand in hand and that engagement with these devices needs to be critically examined by researchers to guide prudent behavior.

show abstract

Facebook addiction and impulsive decision-making

Cited by 22 publications

References 68 publications

Excessive social media users demonstrate impaired decision making in the Iowa Gambling Task

Excessive social media users demonstrate impaired decision making in the Iowa Gambling Task

Lateral orbitofrontal gray matter abnormalities in subjects with problematic smartphone use

Likes and impulsivity: Investigating the relationship between actual smartphone use and delay discounting

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About