Problematic mobile phone use as impulsive choice: Development and empirical verification of a reinforcer-pathology model

被引:1
作者
Hayashi, Yusuke [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Penn State Univ, Hazleton, PA USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Div Social Sci & Educ, 76 Univ Dr, Hazleton, PA 18202 USA
关键词
behavioral economics; delay discounting; demand analysis; preference reversal; problematic mobile phone use; reinforcer pathology; BEHAVIORAL ECONOMIC-ANALYSIS; DELAY; DEMAND; FUTURE; CONSUMPTION; DISORDERS;
D O I
10.1002/jeab.900
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Problematic mobile phone use is characterized by its "impulsive" nature; users engage in it despite their negative attitude toward it. From a behavioral-economic perspective, this attitude-behavior discrepancy is generated by competing contingencies that involve smaller-sooner social reinforcers associated with mobile phone use and larger-later prosocial reinforcers potentially compromised by phone use. Based on this conceptualization, the reinforcer-pathology model of problematic mobile phone use is proposed, which posits that such phone use stems from excessive delay discounting of the social and prosocial reinforcers and/or excessive demand for the social reinforcers. A secondary data analysis of previously published studies was conducted, with the novel addition of principal component analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis of these data. The results generated evidence that supports the reinforcer-pathology model proposed in this article. Based on the theoretical analyses and accumulated empirical evidence, theory-driven prevention and intervention strategies for problematic mobile phone use are proposed. Overall, the reinforcer-pathology model of problematic mobile phone use provides a comprehensive framework for understanding and addressing this growing issue.
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页码:189 / 200
页数:12
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