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Yusuke Hayashi¹, Yukiko Washio²

¹Division of Social Sciences and Education, Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Summary

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Dependent text-message users exhibit lower executive function and higher impulsivity compared to excessive users. This highlights key cognitive differences between excessive and dependent texting behaviors.

Keywords:

cluster analysis college students delay discounting executive function impulsivity text-message dependency

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Cognitive Science
Behavioral Science

Background:

Excessive text-messaging is prevalent among college students.
Understanding the cognitive underpinnings of different texting behaviors is crucial.
Previous research has not clearly differentiated between excessive and dependent text-messaging.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate differences in executive function, impulsivity, and decision-making among various levels of text-message dependency.
To determine if excessive text-messaging necessarily implies dependency.
To explore the role of cognitive traits in differentiating user groups.

Main Methods:

Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to group 167 college students based on text-message dependency.
Participants were categorized into dependent, excessive, and normal users.
Groups were compared on measures of executive function, trait impulsivity, and impulsive decision-making.

Main Results:

Dependent text-message users showed significantly lower executive function compared to excessive users.
Dependent users also exhibited higher levels of trait impulsivity than excessive users.
Gender did not significantly moderate these observed differences.

Conclusions:

Excessive text-messaging does not automatically equate to dependency.
Executive function and impulsivity are important cognitive factors differentiating dependent from merely excessive text-message users.
These findings suggest distinct cognitive profiles for different patterns of text-message engagement.