Media Multitasking Is Associated with Symptoms of Depression and Social Anxiety

Becker, Mark W.; Alzahabi, Reem; Hopwood, Christopher J.

doi:10.1089/cyber.2012.0291

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“…Additionally, heavy media multitasking has been associated with higher levels of impulsivity (Cain & Mitroff, 2016;Minear et al 2013), sensation seeking (Duff et al 2014;Kononova, 2013), attentional lapses, errors, and mind wandering (Ralph, Thomson, Cheyne, & Smilek, 2014), and even with depression and social anxiety (Becker, Alzahabi, & Hopwood, 2012).…”

Section: Abstract Media Multitasking Adolescents Standardized Tesmentioning

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Media multitasking in adolescence

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Media use has been on the rise in adolescents overall, and in particular, the amount of media multitasking-multiple media consumed simultaneously, such as having a text message conversation while watching TV-has been increasing. In adults, heavy media multitasking has been linked with poorer performance on a number of laboratory measures of cognition, but no relationship has yet been established between media-multitasking behavior and real-world outcomes. Examining individual differences across a group of adolescents, we found that more frequent media multitasking in daily life was associated with poorer performance on statewide standardized achievement tests of math and English in the classroom, poorer performance on behavioral measures of executive function (working memory capacity) in the laboratory, and traits of greater impulsivity and lesser growth mindset. Greater media multitasking had a relatively circumscribed set of associations, and was not related to behavioral measures of cognitive processing speed, implicit learning, or manual dexterity, or to traits of grit and conscientiousness. Thus, individual differences in adolescent media multitasking were related to specific differences in executive function and in performance on real-world academic achievement measures: More media multitasking was associated with poorer executive function ability, worse academic achievement, and a reduced growth mindset.

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Section: Abstract Media Multitasking Adolescents Standardized Tesmentioning

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Media multitasking in adolescence

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“…As referred by Rosen et al (2013a) Becker, Alzahabi, & Hopwood, 2012;Rosen, et al, 2013b). Secondly, investigators consider the frequency (number uses) in a particular time period (e.g., Thompson, 2013).…”

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Evaluating Use and Attitudes Towards Social Media and ICT for Portuguese youth: the MTUAS-PY scale

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European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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Measures on usage and attitudes towards ICT and social media are very diverse hindering the comparability of data. Due to its heavy use by young Portuguese, it is relevant to have comprehensive and accurate measurement tools.The main aims were to translate and adapt The Media and Technology Usage and Attitudes Scale (Rosen, Whaling, Carrier and Rokkum, 2013a) This psychometric study included an EFA conducted on a sample of 322 subjects aged between 12 and 18 years old (Mean age=14.78; SD= 2.04), being 59.3% girls. It also included a CFA on a sample of 479 subjects also aged between 12 and 18 years old (Mean age= 14.94; SD= 2.01), being 53% girls. The subjects were invited to participate voluntarily and the confidentiality of the data was assured.In EFA, for Usage, the PCA with a varimax rotation originated a solution with 10 factors explaining 73% of the total variance and for Attitudes a PCA forced to four factors with oblimin rotation resulted in 61% of total variation explained. The CFA presented acceptable adjustments to fit indices in Usage and Attitudes sub-scales.The MTUAS-PY scale has adequate psychometric qualities for assessing use and attitudes towards ICT and social media in Portuguese youth. Studies on different profiles throughout the youth and the comparison with behavioral data will further our understanding on a reality in constant technological change.

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“…The students who prefer multitasking are especially freshmen (Junco, 2015) and tend to have negative academic performance (Wood & Zivcakova, 2015). Numerous studies have showed that media multitasking was associated with higher depression and social anxiety, even after controlling for overall media use and for the personality traits of neuroticism and extraversion (Becker, Alzahabi,& Hopwood, 2013). …”

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Anxiety with and Without New Technology Among Romanian High School Students

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2017

Eur. j. interdiscip. stud.

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Nowadays, the new technology defines the classroom and students' and teachers' life. Sometimes the attitude towards technology use is marked by negative dysfunctional emotion, anxiety, fear, avoidance or dependence. This paper focuses both on the anxiety with the new technology and on the anxiety without technology. Our research aims to examine the attitudes and behaviours of Romanian high school students regarding trendy technologies, such as computers, internet and smartphones, including the access to social networking applications. The following tools were used: CARS (Heinssen, Glass, & Knight, 1987), IAS (Nickel and Pinto, 1986), four scales from MTUAS (Rosen, Whaling, Carrier, Cheever, and Rokkum, 2013), the Use of Smartphones for Learning Purposes Scale-USLS and a socio-demographic questionnaire. There were 517 participants distributed in two studies. The findings showed some differences concerning gender, age, specialization and academic performance, as well as an evolution of participants from the anxiety towards the computer (highest with females) to the anxiety without technology (similar for females and males). School performance is negatively associated with computer anxiety and Facebook activities. The study is important in the Romanian context, where computers, internet and smartphone penetration is more pronounced with younger people. Pedagogical issues of the research are also discussed, anxiety having a double function, as an endogenous and exogenous factor with respect to one's academic and professional development.

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Media Multitasking Is Associated with Symptoms of Depression and Social Anxiety

Cited by 234 publications

References 24 publications

Media multitasking in adolescence

Media multitasking in adolescence

Evaluating Use and Attitudes Towards Social Media and ICT for Portuguese youth: the MTUAS-PY scale

Anxiety with and Without New Technology Among Romanian High School Students

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