Using tablet in solitude for stress reduction: An examination of desire for aloneness, leisure boredom, tablet activities, and location of use

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Highlights:

• Desire for aloneness was predictive of instrumental and ritualistic tablet activities.

• Leisure boredom did not show any relation with tablet activities.

• Desire for aloneness and the leisurely bored perceived tablet use alone helped reduce stress.

• Social- and fun seeking-tablet activities predicted perceived stress reduction in tablet use.

• Tablet use in the privacy of bathroom predicted perception of stress reduction.

摘要

•Desire for aloneness was predictive of instrumental and ritualistic tablet activities.•Leisure boredom did not show any relation with tablet activities.•Desire for aloneness and the leisurely bored perceived tablet use alone helped reduce stress.•Social- and fun seeking-tablet activities predicted perceived stress reduction in tablet use.•Tablet use in the privacy of bathroom predicted perception of stress reduction.

论文关键词:Desire for aloneness,Gratifications,Leisure boredom,Mood management,Stress reduction,Tablet activities

论文评审过程:Available online 20 February 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.068