Who Multitasks on Smartphones? Smartphone Multitaskers' Motivations and Personality Traits
- 등재 SSCI, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
- 발행년도 2016
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000126707
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2015.0225
초록/요약
This study aimed to explore the psychological determinants of smartphone multitasking. Smartphone multitasking comprises the following three different subtypes: multitasking with nonmedia activities, cross-media multitasking with nonsmartphone media, and single-device multitasking within the smartphone. The primary motivations for smartphone multitasking were first identified-efficiency, utility, and positive affect-and the ways in which they are associated with the three subtypes were examined; among the primary motivations, efficiency and positive affect predicted the degree of total smartphone-multitasking behavior. The personality traits that are pertinent to all of the primary motivations-need for cognition (NFC) and sensation seeking (SS)-were also investigated. Further analyses revealed that the motivations for and the extent of smartphone multitasking can vary as functions of a user's NFC and SS. In this study, NFC was not only a meaningful predictor of the cognitive needs that drive smartphone multitasking but also increased the likelihood of multitasking through its interaction with SS.
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