Abstract
Why is it difficult to resist social media temptations? One reason might be that social media users have strong and spontaneous approach reactions to social media cues. In the present study, daily Facebook users (N = 228) completed a Stimulus-Response Compatibility (SRC) task, which assessed their spontaneous approach reactions to Facebook cues. Results showed that participants were faster in approaching than avoiding Facebook related (vs. control) pictures, regardless of their general tendency to experience Facebook self-control failures. Thus, contrary to expectations, spontaneous approach reactions to social media cues were not related to people's daily experienced social media self-control failure.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 101-108 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Computers in Human Behavior |
| Volume | 103 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2020 |
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Keywords
- Approach reactions
- Self-control
- Self-control failure
- Social media
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Spontaneous approach reactions toward social media cues. / Du, Jie; van Koningsbruggen, Guido M.; Kerkhof, Peter.
In: Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 103, 01.02.2020, p. 101-108.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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T1 - Spontaneous approach reactions toward social media cues
AU - Du, Jie
AU - van Koningsbruggen, Guido M.
AU - Kerkhof, Peter
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Why is it difficult to resist social media temptations? One reason might be that social media users have strong and spontaneous approach reactions to social media cues. In the present study, daily Facebook users (N = 228) completed a Stimulus-Response Compatibility (SRC) task, which assessed their spontaneous approach reactions to Facebook cues. Results showed that participants were faster in approaching than avoiding Facebook related (vs. control) pictures, regardless of their general tendency to experience Facebook self-control failures. Thus, contrary to expectations, spontaneous approach reactions to social media cues were not related to people's daily experienced social media self-control failure.
AB - Why is it difficult to resist social media temptations? One reason might be that social media users have strong and spontaneous approach reactions to social media cues. In the present study, daily Facebook users (N = 228) completed a Stimulus-Response Compatibility (SRC) task, which assessed their spontaneous approach reactions to Facebook cues. Results showed that participants were faster in approaching than avoiding Facebook related (vs. control) pictures, regardless of their general tendency to experience Facebook self-control failures. Thus, contrary to expectations, spontaneous approach reactions to social media cues were not related to people's daily experienced social media self-control failure.
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KW - Facebook
KW - Self-control
KW - Self-control failure
KW - Social media
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