作者: Brian M. Galla , Sophia Choukas‐Bradley , Sophia Choukas‐Bradley , Hannah M. Fiore , Michael V. Esposito
DOI: 10.1111/CDEV.13553
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摘要: Two preregistered experiments with 2,733 U.S. high school students (age range = 13-19 years) compared the impact of different messages on adolescents' motivation to control social media use (SMU). A traditional message emphasized benefits avoiding SMU, whereas a values-alignment framed controlling SMU as being consistent autonomy and justice. Compared no or message, in both studies, led greater immediately afterward, Study 2, awareness "addictive" designs 3 months later. As hypothesized, messaging was more motivating for girls than boys. Results offer preliminary support leveraging drives justice motivate self-regulation SMU.