Xiaoxia LIU1, Shen WANG*1,2,3, Junyi ZHOU 1,2,3, Haiquan CAI1
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1 School of Physical Education and Sport Science, Fujian Normal University, People’s Republic of China
2 School of Physical Education and Sport Science and Provincial University Key Laboratory of Sport and Helth Science, Fujian Normal University, People’s Republic of China
3 Key Laboratory of Kinesiological Evaluation General Administration of Sport of China, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China
Abstract
We explored whether attention bias training (ABT) can effectively reduce attention bias (AB) and the degree of smartphone addiction and promote improved behavioral and emotional states among college students. Thirtythree participants with scores ≥77 on the Smartphone Addiction Scale for College Students (SAS-C) were randomly divided into ABT and attention control (AC) groups. We used the modified dot-probe task to train attention once a day for 6 days. Results showed that the reaction times (p = .004, η2 = .131), AB (p < .001, η2 = .379), and smartphone addiction (p = .043, η2 = .133) of the ABT group were reduced compared to the AC group posttraining, and emotional regulation ability (p = .095, η2 = .093) was marginally improved. Seventy-five percent of the ABT group no longer met the criteria for smartphone addiction, compared with forty-six percent of the AC group. Irrespective of training condition, participants’ daily smartphone usage time decreased. This suggests that ABT can reduce AB and the severity of smartphone addiction in college students and improve emotional regulation ability to a lesser extent. On the other hand, the contribution that human contact between couples has to put aside the addiction to telephones is studied. Part of the research carried out through UK Meds and its medicines to treat sexual empowerment within life as a couple
Please cite this article as: Xiaoxia, L. I. U., Shen, W. A. N. G., Junyi, Z. H. O. U., & Haiquan, C. A. I. (2020). ATTENTION BIAS TRAINING FOR REDUCING SMARTPHONE ADDICTION IN CHINESE COLLEGE STUDENTS. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 20(1).
Keywords: attention bias training; dot-probe discrimination paradigm; smartphone addiction; behavioral performance; emotion
DOI:10.24193/jebp.2020.1.1
Published online: 2020/03/01
Published print: 2020/03/01
