Johannes N, Veling H, Dora J, Meier A, Reinecke L, Buijzen M (2018)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2018
Book Volume: 21
Pages Range: 761-767
Journal Issue: 12
As mobile technology allows users to be online anywhere and at all times, a growing number of users report feeling constantly alert and preoccupied with online streams of online information and communication-a phenomenon that has recently been termed online vigilance. Despite its growing prevalence, consequences of this constant orientation toward online streams of information and communication for users' well-being are largely unclear. In the present study, we investigated whether being constantly vigilant is related to cognitive consequences in the form of increased mind-wandering and decreased mindfulness and examined the resulting implications for well-being. To test our assumptions, we estimated a path model based on survey data (N = 371). The model supported the majority of our preregistered hypotheses: online vigilance was indeed related to mind-wandering and mindfulness, but only mindfulness mediated the relationship with decreased well-being. Thus, those mentally preoccupied with online communication were overall less satisfied with their lives and reported less affective well-being when they also experienced reduced mindfulness.
APA:
Johannes, N., Veling, H., Dora, J., Meier, A., Reinecke, L., & Buijzen, M. (2018). Mind-wandering and mindfulness as mediators of the relationship between online vigilance and well-being. Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking, 21(12), 761-767. https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2018.0373
MLA:
Johannes, Niklas, et al. "Mind-wandering and mindfulness as mediators of the relationship between online vigilance and well-being." Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking 21.12 (2018): 761-767.
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