New measurements of digital technology use. The Immersion in Digital Life and Quality of Digital Experience scales

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1595536" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1595536</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1595536" target="_blank" >10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1595536</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

New measurements of digital technology use. The Immersion in Digital Life and Quality of Digital Experience scales

Original language description

Current methods of assessing digital technology use fail to adequately capture a holistic picture of how individuals experience digital technology during daily life. This is because current measures focus on measuring the frequency/duration of specific forms of technology use or problematic use. This research aimed to create two general measures of digital technology use and experience, respectively, which are flexible amid technological changes. Methods The measured constructs were specified via bottom-up analysis of an international qualitative study (N=300) on post-covid digital practices. Across three studies we developed and validated the measures using data from 2227 participants. Results Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses indicated that the Quality of Digital Experience Scale contains 26 items, measuring individuals’ perceptions and overall experience of digital technology usage and its impact on Well-being, Time and Efficiency, and Social Connectedness. The second scale, the Immersion in Digital Life Scale consists of five separate questions concerning individuals’ estimation of how much digital technology is present in different areas of life. Discussion The scales offer reliable measurements of individuals’ interactions with technology in the digital era. Their ability to capture engagement beyond frequency and duration will facilitate greater understanding of the complexities of the positive and negative impacts of digital practices on individuals and societies.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Frontiers in Psychiatry

ISSN

1664-0640

e-ISSN

1664-0640

Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

16

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

1595536

UT code for WoS article

001527861400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105010854977