Psychological Development and Education ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (3): 273-283.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2018.03.03

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Executive Control Function of Smart-phone Addicts: The Role of Mind-wandering

LIN Yue, LIU Qinxue, DENG Han, LI Yuxuan, DING Kaixuan   

  1. Key Laboratory of Adolescent Cyberpsychology and Behavior CCNU, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Human Development and Mental Health of Hubei Province;Wuhan 430079;National Experimental Teaching Demonstrating Center of Psychology, School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079
  • Online:2018-05-15 Published:2018-05-15

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Abstract: Damages have been found in smartphone addicts' executive control function, but how these damages happened and the potential factors are unclear, especially whether these damages depended on addictive clues. The present study aimed to explore the possible role of mind-wandering. 90 participants were screened according to the Smartphone Addiction Scale for College Students(SAS-C). In experiment 1, Sustained Attention to Response Task(SART) was selected, and the daydreaming scale in Imaginal Processes Inventory was used to investigate the mind-wandering frequency in their daily lives. The results showed that smartphone addicts had higher mind-wandering frequency in their daily lives, and they evaluated their performance more frequently on the task; and their mind wandering was on the state of occurrent task inattention, generic task inattention and response disengagement. Meanwhile the mind wandering of non-addicts was only on the state of occurrent task inattention. In experiment 2, AX Continuous Performance Task(AX-CPT) was selected to investigate different groups' executive control function further and in details. Results showed that smart phone addicts with high mind wandering frequency had difficulties in maintaining task goals.

Key words: college student, smartphone addiction, executive control, mind wandering, task-unrelated thought

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