Serial mediation effects of ubiquity and notification on the relationship between habitual social media checking behaviors and self-control failures

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ID6443631
AuthorsHyun Jee Park (0000-0002-6565-7041, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume27
Issue3
Pages1829-1848
Publication date2024-02-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Media & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-4448 • E-ISSN: 1461-7315
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14614448241231223
OpenAlexW4392295159
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited72

This study investigated the correlation between habitual checking behavior and self-control failure during social media use among South Korean university students. The study also examined how the ubiquity of and immediate responses to social media notifications affect this relationship, both independently and serially. An online survey was conducted with 400 undergraduate students at South Korean universities. The findings indicate a significant positive relationship between habitual checking behaviors and self-control failure in South Korean university students’ social media use. Ubiquity mediated habitual checking behaviors and self-control failure; ubiquity and immediate responses to notifications mediated the relationship between habitual checking behavior and self-control failure; and ubiquity and immediate responses to notifications serially mediated the relationship between habitual checking behavior and self-control failure. The results highlight the social media use challenges of university students and the factors that contribute to self-control failure in this context

Control (management · Internet privacy · Mediation · Self-control · Self-disclosure · Social control · Social media · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Digital Marketing and Social Media · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Psychology · Social Psychology · Technology Adoption and User Behaviour

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