Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countries
Phubbing is feeling excluded and ignored by someone using a phone during a face-to-face interaction. Phubbing has mostly been investigated in Western samples. However, culture likely shapes whether co-present phone use is perceived as phubbing (phubbing perception). 588 participants from collectivis...
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| description | Phubbing is feeling excluded and ignored by someone using a phone during a face-to-face interaction. Phubbing has mostly been investigated in Western samples. However, culture likely shapes whether co-present phone use is perceived as phubbing (phubbing perception). 588 participants from collectivist (India, Kenya, Venezuela) and individualist countries (Austria, Belgium, UK) rated 25 vignettes (k = 14,700) describing co-present phone use concerning the perception of phubbing and attribution of others’ behavior. Descriptively, collectivist participants are more likely to feel phubbed (p = .065) and they significantly attribute others’ behavior more internally. Attribution mediates the influence of culture on phubbing perception. Our findings highlight the importance of investigating phubbing as a subjectively construed experience that is shaped by culture. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8dd6e48f7b754c53a9ebc4cbdcea0f8e2025-01-23T12:47:36ZengTaylor & Francis GroupSocial Influence1553-45101553-45292025-12-0120110.1080/15534510.2024.2447275Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countriesChristiane M. Büttner0Elianne A. Albath1Rainer Greifeneder2Department of Social Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDepartment of Social Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandDepartment of Social Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandPhubbing is feeling excluded and ignored by someone using a phone during a face-to-face interaction. Phubbing has mostly been investigated in Western samples. However, culture likely shapes whether co-present phone use is perceived as phubbing (phubbing perception). 588 participants from collectivist (India, Kenya, Venezuela) and individualist countries (Austria, Belgium, UK) rated 25 vignettes (k = 14,700) describing co-present phone use concerning the perception of phubbing and attribution of others’ behavior. Descriptively, collectivist participants are more likely to feel phubbed (p = .065) and they significantly attribute others’ behavior more internally. Attribution mediates the influence of culture on phubbing perception. Our findings highlight the importance of investigating phubbing as a subjectively construed experience that is shaped by culture.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15534510.2024.2447275Phubbingphone useattributionindividualism-collectivismculture |
| spellingShingle | Christiane M. Büttner Elianne A. Albath Rainer Greifeneder Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countries Social Influence Phubbing phone use attribution individualism-collectivism culture |
| title | Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countries |
| title_full | Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countries |
| title_fullStr | Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countries |
| title_short | Cultural differences in perceiving co-present phone use as phubbing: Evidence from six countries |
| title_sort | cultural differences in perceiving co present phone use as phubbing evidence from six countries |
| topic | Phubbing phone use attribution individualism-collectivism culture |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15534510.2024.2447275 |
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