Technology and Self-Regulation: The Case of Alarm Clock Use

Crabb, Peter B.

doi:10.2224/sbp.2003.31.4.343

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“…Lastly, we evaluated the impact of circadian preference, as it has been reported that circadian preference might play a role in self-awakening [ 6 , 23 , 24 ]. Participants were divided into three groups (morning, intermediate, and evening type) based on their MEQ responses.…”

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Sleeping with time in mind? A literature review and a proposal for a screening questionnaire on self-awakening

Verga

D'Este²,

Cassani³

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Some people report being able to spontaneously “time” the end of their sleep. This ability to self-awaken challenges the idea of sleep as a passive cognitive state. Yet, current evidence on this phenomenon is limited, partly because of the varied definitions of self-awakening and experimental approaches used to study it. Here, we provide a review of the literature on self-awakening. Our aim is to i) contextualise the phenomenon, ii) propose an operating definition, and iii) summarise the scientific approaches used so far. The literature review identified 17 studies on self-awakening. Most of them adopted an objective sleep evaluation (76%), targeted nocturnal sleep (76%), and used a single criterion to define the success of awakening (82%); for most studies, this corresponded to awakening occurring in a time window of 30 minutes around the expected awakening time. Out of 715 total participants, 125 (17%) reported to be self-awakeners, with an average age of 23.24 years and a slight predominance of males compared to females. These results reveal self-awakening as a relatively rare phenomenon. To facilitate the study of self-awakening, and based on the results of the literature review, we propose a quick paper-and-pencil screening questionnaire for self-awakeners and provide an initial validation for it. Taken together, the combined results of the literature review and the proposed questionnaire help in characterising a theoretical framework for self-awakenings, while providing a useful tool and empirical suggestions for future experimental studies, which should ideally employ objective measurements.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sleeping with time in mind? A literature review and a proposal for a screening questionnaire on self-awakening

Verga

D'Este²,

Cassani³

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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“…Everyday life is filled with technologies that take over skills that people could master themselves. For example, alarm clocks automate the task of awakening at a target time, with the result that users feel incompetent at self-awakening and are completely dependent on the devices (Crabb, 2003). Use of automatic cameras similarly robs people of opportunities to develop photographic skills, and routine use of ready-to-eat foods prevents people from learning how to cook (Stern & Kipnis, 1993).…”

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Technology Traps Who Is Responsible?

Crabb

Stern

2010

International Journal of Technoethics

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Technologies can have harmful effects on users’ psychological health, on society, and on the environment. “Technology traps” arise when users and societies become stuck with technologies and the harmful consequences produced by these technologies. In this paper, the authors describe five technology traps: incompetence, self-miscontrol, misbehavior, techno-centrism, and environmental degradation. The authors then examine the share of ethical responsibility for these traps among end-users, businesses, and government.

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