Abstract

Mobile messaging has been associated with guilt. Guilt about too much messaging may result from self-control failures during goal conflicts. Conversely, guilt about too little messaging may result from violating the salient norm to be available. This research considers both boundary conditions of guilt about mobile communication—goal conflicts and availability norm salience—simultaneously for the first time. We conducted two preregistered experiments to investigate their interplay. Results from a vignette experiment, but not from a laboratory experiment, support the hypotheses that goal conflicts trigger guilt about using messengers and that guilt about not using messengers arises if the availability norm is salient. In both studies, using messengers elicited more guilt than not using messengers. The boundary conditions did not interact in influencing guilt. Overall, this research emphasizes the importance of self-control, norms, and usage contexts when studying effects of mobile media use on emotional well-being.

中文翻译：

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消息太多还是消息太少？有关移动消息的内of的情境决定因素

摘要

移动消息已与罪恶感相关联。目标冲突期间的自我控制失败可能导致过多的消息传递而感到内。相反，对信息太少的内感可能是由于违反了现有的重要规范而导致的。这项研究首次同时考虑了有关移动通信的内boundary性边界条件（目标冲突和可用性规范显着性）。我们进行了两个预先注册的实验，以研究它们之间的相互作用。小插图实验的结果，而不是实验室实验的结果，支持以下假设：目标冲突引发对使用Messenger的内gui感，如果可用性规范很突出，则会产生对不使用Messenger的内感。在两项研究中，使用信使比不使用信使引起更多的内gui感。边界条件在影响内感方面没有相互作用。总体而言，这项研究强调了在研究移动媒体使用对情绪健康的影响时，自我控制，规范和使用环境的重要性。