Cargando…

Feeling Ostracized by Others’ Smartphone Use: The Effect of Phubbing on Fundamental Needs, Mood, and Trust

With phubbing (i.e., “The act of snubbing someone… by looking at your phone instead of paying attention”) being a widespread phenomenon, a sound understanding of its emotional reverberations and consequences for interpersonal relationships is required. To the extent that phubbing is perceived as a m...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Knausenberger, Judith, Giesen-Leuchter, Anna, Echterhoff, Gerald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9285876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846613
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.883901
_version_ 1784747881814556672
author Knausenberger, Judith
Giesen-Leuchter, Anna
Echterhoff, Gerald
author_facet Knausenberger, Judith
Giesen-Leuchter, Anna
Echterhoff, Gerald
author_sort Knausenberger, Judith
collection PubMed
description With phubbing (i.e., “The act of snubbing someone… by looking at your phone instead of paying attention”) being a widespread phenomenon, a sound understanding of its emotional reverberations and consequences for interpersonal relationships is required. To the extent that phubbing is perceived as a momentary act of ostracism, it should influence both emotional and behavioral reactions. To address this issue empirically, we investigated effects of phubbing on variables previously shown to be affected by ostracism. Specifically, we examined in two studies how being phubbed affects participants’ mood, satisfaction of fundamental needs, feelings of being ostracized (Study 1 and 2) and trust (Study 2). In Study 1, participants remembered a situation in which they were either phubbed, phubbed someone else or experienced an attentive conversation. In Study 2 different phubbing behaviors were manipulated during an ongoing conversation. Results from both studies suggest that phubbing triggers negative mood and feelings of ostracism, and threatens fundamental needs. Study 2 revealed that these effects were stronger when phubbing occurred three times (vs. once). Study 2 further demonstrated behavioral consequences of phubbing, namely that trust in a trust game was reduced when participants were phubbed three times (vs. once). We discuss conceptual and practical implications of smartphone use for emotion regulation and interpersonal relations.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9285876
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-92858762022-07-16 Feeling Ostracized by Others’ Smartphone Use: The Effect of Phubbing on Fundamental Needs, Mood, and Trust Knausenberger, Judith Giesen-Leuchter, Anna Echterhoff, Gerald Front Psychol Psychology With phubbing (i.e., “The act of snubbing someone… by looking at your phone instead of paying attention”) being a widespread phenomenon, a sound understanding of its emotional reverberations and consequences for interpersonal relationships is required. To the extent that phubbing is perceived as a momentary act of ostracism, it should influence both emotional and behavioral reactions. To address this issue empirically, we investigated effects of phubbing on variables previously shown to be affected by ostracism. Specifically, we examined in two studies how being phubbed affects participants’ mood, satisfaction of fundamental needs, feelings of being ostracized (Study 1 and 2) and trust (Study 2). In Study 1, participants remembered a situation in which they were either phubbed, phubbed someone else or experienced an attentive conversation. In Study 2 different phubbing behaviors were manipulated during an ongoing conversation. Results from both studies suggest that phubbing triggers negative mood and feelings of ostracism, and threatens fundamental needs. Study 2 revealed that these effects were stronger when phubbing occurred three times (vs. once). Study 2 further demonstrated behavioral consequences of phubbing, namely that trust in a trust game was reduced when participants were phubbed three times (vs. once). We discuss conceptual and practical implications of smartphone use for emotion regulation and interpersonal relations. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9285876/ /pubmed/35846613 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.883901 Text en Copyright © 2022 Knausenberger, Giesen-Leuchter and Echterhoff. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Psychology
Knausenberger, Judith
Giesen-Leuchter, Anna
Echterhoff, Gerald
Feeling Ostracized by Others’ Smartphone Use: The Effect of Phubbing on Fundamental Needs, Mood, and Trust
title Feeling Ostracized by Others’ Smartphone Use: The Effect of Phubbing on Fundamental Needs, Mood, and Trust
title_full Feeling Ostracized by Others’ Smartphone Use: The Effect of Phubbing on Fundamental Needs, Mood, and Trust
title_fullStr Feeling Ostracized by Others’ Smartphone Use: The Effect of Phubbing on Fundamental Needs, Mood, and Trust
title_full_unstemmed Feeling Ostracized by Others’ Smartphone Use: The Effect of Phubbing on Fundamental Needs, Mood, and Trust
title_short Feeling Ostracized by Others’ Smartphone Use: The Effect of Phubbing on Fundamental Needs, Mood, and Trust
title_sort feeling ostracized by others’ smartphone use: the effect of phubbing on fundamental needs, mood, and trust
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9285876/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35846613
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.883901
work_keys_str_mv AT knausenbergerjudith feelingostracizedbyotherssmartphoneusetheeffectofphubbingonfundamentalneedsmoodandtrust
AT giesenleuchteranna feelingostracizedbyotherssmartphoneusetheeffectofphubbingonfundamentalneedsmoodandtrust
AT echterhoffgerald feelingostracizedbyotherssmartphoneusetheeffectofphubbingonfundamentalneedsmoodandtrust