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16-12-2024 | Original Article

The Attention Allocation of Individuals with Problematic Smartphone Use during Different Cognitive Reappraisal Phases

Auteurs: Dongyu Liu, Xinyu Zhang, Jon D. Elhai, Christian Montag, Haibo Yang

Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research

Abstract

Background

To understand the potential mechanisms by which cognitive reappraisal (CR) improves problematic smartphone use (PSU), this study aims to explore the attention allocation of individuals with PSU during different CR phases when exposed to smartphone-related stimuli.

Methods

Fifty participants were recruited for the formal experiment, with 25 participants in the PSU group and 25 in the control group. Eye tracking was used to assess attention allocation by calculating fixation proportions on the smartphone area of interest (S-AOI; smartphone salient area) in smartphone-related stimuli during the cue reactivity, CR, and post-CR phases. Network analysis was employed to examine the connections among phases for both groups to explore the relationships in attention allocation across these phases.

Results

(1) Both groups presented higher fixation proportions toward the S-AOI in the latter part of the cue reactivity phase. (2) During the CR phase, both groups presented lower early fixation proportions on the S-AOI than did the cue reactivity phase and the rest of the CR phase. (3) In the post-CR phase, the significant difference in fixation proportions toward the S-AOI between the PSU and the control groups disappeared. (4) Network analysis revealed greater global strength in the PSU group than in the control group.

Conclusions

There are specific attentional patterns toward smartphone-related stimuli during the CR process, and the attentional allocation patterns of the PSU group improved after using CR. Additionally, the PSU group’s attentional allocation patterns appeared more interconnected across different phases.

Alleen toegankelijk voor geautoriseerde gebruikers

PSU can be considered as a mobile-specific internet use disorder, encompassing a comprehensive pattern of problematic smartphone usage. It may include various specific usage preferences such as internet gaming disorder, buying shopping disorder, social networks use disorder, and others (Elhai et al., 2021; Montag et al., 2021).

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Titel: The Attention Allocation of Individuals with Problematic Smartphone Use during Different Cognitive Reappraisal Phases
Auteurs: Dongyu Liu
Xinyu Zhang
Jon D. Elhai
Christian Montag
Haibo Yang
Publicatiedatum: 16-12-2024
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Cognitive Therapy and Research
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10558-x

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