The Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Baumgartner, Susanne E.; Weeda, Wouter D.; van der Heijden, Lisa L.; Huizinga, Mariëtte
Titel	The Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 34 (2014) 8, S.1120-1144 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431614523133
Schlagwörter	Correlation; Executive Function; Attention Control; Early Adolescents; Incidence; Short Term Memory; Task Analysis; Inhibition; Information Technology; Goal Orientation; Mass Media; Cognitive Development; Critical Thinking; Time Management; Leisure Time; Academic Achievement; Social Networks; Foreign Countries; Regression (Statistics); Netherlands; Digit Span Test + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Aufmerksamkeitstest; Vorkommen; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Aufgabenanalyse; Hemmung; Informationstechnologie; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Massenmedien; Kognitive Entwicklung; Kritisches Denken; Zeitmanagement; Freizeit; Schulleistung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Ausland; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Niederlande
Abstract	The increasing prevalence of media multitasking among adolescents is concerning because it may be negatively related to goal-directed behavior. This study investigated the relationship between media multitasking and executive function in 523 early adolescents (aged 11-15; 48% girls). The three central components of executive functions (i.e., working memory, shifting, and inhibition) were measured using self-reports and standardized performance-based tasks (Digit Span, Eriksen Flankers task, Dots--Triangles task). Findings show that adolescents who media multitask more frequently reported having more problems in the three domains of executive function in their everyday lives. Media multitasking was not related to the performance on the Digit Span and Dots-Triangles task. Adolescents who media multitasked more frequently tended to be better in ignoring irrelevant distractions in the Eriksen Flankers task. Overall, results suggest that media multitasking is negatively related to executive function in everyday life. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10