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Media Multitasking and Mental Health
Nancy A. Cheever,Kristin M. Peviani,Larry D. Rosen +2 more
- pp 101-112
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The authors examined the relationship between media multitasking and adolescent mental health and found that adolescents may suffer from prosocial outcomes and negative mental health problems including depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders.Abstract:
Multitasking—or task switching—has become a necessary function of modern life. Multitasking with media is a common practice among young people, who report its ease yet perform worse on individual tasks when they attempt to multitask. Adolescent media multitasking may be both adaptive and maladaptive and include prosocial outcomes and/or negative mental health problems including depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders. This chapter examines the relationship between media multitasking and adolescent mental health.read more
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The relationship of loneliness and social anxiety with children's and adolescents' online communication
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated differences in online communication patterns between children and adolescents with and without selfreported loneliness and social anxiety, and found that children who reported being lonely used online communication differently from those who did not report being lonely.
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Closed-loop attention restoration theory for virtual reality-based attentional engagement enhancement
TL;DR: It is shown that a single 30-min engagement with an attention restoration theory (ART)-inspired closed-loop software program (Virtual ART) delivered on a consumer-friendly virtual reality head-mounted display (VR-HMD) could lead to improvements in both general attention level and the depth of engagement in young university students.
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Media use, attention, mental health and academic performance among 8 to 12 year old children.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated three different ways of measuring technology use-total hours of media consumed, hours of video game play and number of media used concurrently in 118 eight-to-twelve year-old children.
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The Feasibility of Attention Training for Reducing Mind-Wandering and Digital Multitasking in High Schools.
Alissa J. Mrazek,Michael D. Mrazek,Peter C. Carr,Alex M. Delegard,Margaret G. Ding,Daniel I. Garcia,Jenna E. Greenstein,Arianna C. Kirk,Erika E. Kodama,Miel J. Krauss,Alexander P. Landry,Crystal A. Stokes,Kyla D. Wickens,Kyle Wong,Jonathan W. Schooler +14 more
TL;DR: The authors used a one-group pre-post design to examine the feasibility and outcomes of a digital attention training course at a public high school and found that students reported improved emotional regulation and reduced mind-wandering during daily life.
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Motivational and Situational Aspects of Active and Passive Social Media Breaks May Explain the Difference Between Recovery and Procrastination
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors conducted semi-structured interviews with 16 undergraduates to explore which social media multitasking behaviors and factors led to recovery or procrastination in self-study.
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Personality, Culture, and Subjective Well-Being: Emotional and Cognitive Evaluations of Life
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