License to look? The role of permissive beliefs, desire thinking, and self-control in predicting the use of social networking sites.
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Brandtner, A., Verduyn, P., Behrens, S., Spada, M.M. and Antons, S (2022). License to look? The role of permissive beliefs, desire thinking, and self-control in predicting the use of social networking sites. Addictive Behaviors. 139, p. 107573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107573
Authors | Brandtner, A., Verduyn, P., Behrens, S., Spada, M.M. and Antons, S |
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Abstract | Permissive beliefs are considered the most proximal predictor of actual behavior. Whereas they have frequently been researched in substance-use disorders, the field of social networking sites (SNS) use is missing the investigation as to how relevant permissive beliefs might be in this context, what might be causal precursors of permissive beliefs (i.e., desire thinking), and which processes might influence the effect that permissive beliefs have on actual behavior (i.e., self-control). To answer these questions, 116 people who use SNS participated in an online survey that contained an experimental manipulation of desire thinking and questionnaires measuring permissive beliefs, self-control, and severity of problematic SNS use. In a one-week follow-up, 85 participants reported their SNS usage times. Results showed that the association between permissive beliefs and tendencies to use SNS problematically was not significant. The experimental manipulation led to a decrease in permissive beliefs in the control condition, but did not increase permissive beliefs in the desire thinking condition. Permissive beliefs predicted SNS use in the follow-up assessment, which was not moderated by self-control. The results suggest that permissive beliefs seem to be unrelated to addictive tendencies of SNS use, but are nevertheless associated with daily use. Desire thinking does not appear to activate permissive beliefs in this study, possibly because the use of social networks is less often experienced as conflicting. Due to its ubiquitous availability, the use of social networks itself might quickly resolve the conflict between desires and possible regulatory attempts, making good reasons for use unnecessary. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.] |
Keywords | Desire thinking; Social networking sites use; Permissive beliefs; Self-control |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Addictive Behaviors |
Journal citation | 139, p. 107573 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 1873-6327 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107573 |
https://doi.org/S0306-4603(22)00339-2 | |
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Online | 09 Dec 2022 |
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Accepted | 02 Dec 2022 |
Deposited | 20 Jan 2023 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
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