ABSTRACT Phubbing—the usage of one’s smartphone in copresent interactions—has become a prevalent phenomenon in our digital society. At the same time, phubbing is perceived to be inappropriate in most social settings. The present study examines the interrelation between phubbing norms and phubbing behavior by differentiating between descriptive and injunctive norms, as well as between dyadic and small group interactions. Our online survey of 218 smartphone users revealed that people adapt their phubbing behavior to conform to their perception that phubbing is quite common (descriptive norm), whereas the perception that phubbing is not socially approved (injunctive norm) is not behaviorally relevant. This result applies generally to both dyadic and small group interactions. However, individuals orient more strongly toward descriptive normative perceptions in interactions with more than three copresent friends than in dyadic interactions. It can be concluded that phubbing is primarily legitimized by the perception that others do the same.

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常见但未被社会接受？二分法和小组环境中的社交规范

摘要Phubbing（在共同演示中使用智能手机）已成为我们数字社会中的普遍现象。同时，在大多数社交场合中，人们都认为吞咽不适当。本研究通过区分描述性规范和禁令规范，以及二元和小群体互动之间的差异，研究了规范化规范和规范化行为之间的相互关系。我们对218位智能手机用户进行的在线调查显示，人们调整了自己的打扰行为以符合他们对打扰非常普遍（描述性规范）的看法，而对打扰未得到社会认可（禁令规范）的看法与行为无关。此结果通常适用于二元和小组互动。然而，在与三个以上共同出席的朋友的互动中，个人比在二元互动中更倾向于描述性规范性感知。可以得出的结论是，吞咽主要是因为其他人也这样做而合法化。