Charlie Pinder
Jose Ignacio Rocca
Benjamin R. Cowan
ABSTRACT
There is a growing need to support people to counter problematic smartphone use. We analyse related research in methods to address problematic usage and identify a research gap in off-device retraining. We ran a pilot to address this gap, targeting automatic approach biases for smartphones, delivered on a Tabletop surface. Our quantitative analysis (n=40) shows that self-report and response-time based measures of problematic smartphone usage diverge. We found no evidence that our intervention altered reaction time-based measures. We outline areas of discussion for further research in the field.
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Index Terms
- Push Away the Smartphone: Investigating Methods to Counter Problematic Smartphone Use
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