@article{ref1,
title="Mind-wandering and mindfulness as mediators of the relationship between online vigilance and well-being",
journal="Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking",
year="2018",
author="Johannes, Niklas and Veling, Harm and Dora, Jonas and Meier, Adrian and Reinecke, Leonard and Buijzen, Moniek",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="As mobile technology allows users to be online anywhere and at all times, a growing number of users report feeling constantly alert and preoccupied with online streams of online information and communication-a phenomenon that has recently been termed online vigilance. Despite its growing prevalence, consequences of this constant orientation toward online streams of information and communication for users' well-being are largely unclear. In the present study, we investigated whether being constantly vigilant is related to cognitive consequences in the form of increased mind-wandering and decreased mindfulness and examined the resulting implications for well-being. To test our assumptions, we estimated a path model based on survey data (N = 371). The model supported the majority of our preregistered hypotheses: online vigilance was indeed related to mind-wandering and mindfulness, but only mindfulness mediated the relationship with decreased well-being. Thus, those mentally preoccupied with online communication were overall less satisfied with their lives and reported less affective well-being when they also experienced reduced mindfulness.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2152-2715",
doi="10.1089/cyber.2018.0373",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2018.0373"
}