| dc.description.abstract | The growing popularity of smartphone adoption and use has prompted researchers to investigate the implications of their problematic use. Despite the many benefits attributed to mobile phone and smartphone technology, many have theorized that the problematic use of this technology may negatively impact users cognitively, emotionally, or behaviorally. This study examined the relationships between boredom proneness, smartphone use, and perception of time while controlling for other variables such as working memory and IQ in three experimental conditions: Waiting, Social Media, and Lecture. Participants (N = 207) were asked to document how much time they perceived to have passed during the seven-and-a-half-minute experiment. Participants were asked to record how much time they spent using their smartphone devices in the prior week. Results were surveyed using ANOVA, ANCOVA, and linear regression analyses. The ages of the students included in the analyses (n = 164) ranged from 18 to 24 years old (Mage = 19.27, SD = 1.2, 59.8% female). Emerging adults perceived time as passing more slowly while watching the academic lecture, F(2,130) = 3.49, p < 0.05. There was also a marginally significant interaction effect indicating that high smartphone users perceived time as passing more slowly while watching the academic lecture video compared to those in both the Waiting and Social Media conditions, F(2,130) = 2.76, p = 0.067. Finally, individuals with higher levels of boredom proneness perceived less amount of time passing during the “Lecture” condition compared to those with lower levels of boredom proneness (b = -0.12, t(48) = -2.29, p < 0.05). Future research should examine other potential influences of time perception in various settings. | en |
