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July 30, 2026Australian Journal of PsychologyOpen Access

Driven by fatigue and fear: the push-pull mechanism of information overload on reflective smartphone disengagement

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韩韩平Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaYWYiwei WuCommunication University of ChinaLCLin CaiSouthwest Minzu University

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Implication

Cross-sectional survey finds that information overload triggers fatigue and disengagement in students, suggesting psychological implications.

Key Points

  • This study examines how information overload leads to reflective smartphone disengagement, with social media fatigue and fear of missing out as key factors.
  • Conducted a cross-sectional survey among 2,508 participants in Sichuan Province, China.
  • Utilized SPSS 26.0 for descriptive statistics and Mplus 8.3 for mediation and moderation analyses.
  • Significant positive correlation between information overload and reflective smartphone disengagement.
  • Social media fatigue significantly mediated the relationship between information overload and disengagement.
  • The relationships were weaker at higher levels of self-efficacy.

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韩平 et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6af4d560e2b924d3ea05bahttps://doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2026.2705452
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