What’s going on? Age, distraction, and multitasking during online survey taking

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Highlights:

• Participants in an online survey revealed what other activities they engaged in while taking it.

• Younger people were more likely than older people to multitask.

• The relationship between age, multitasking, and sense of distraction was curvilinear.

• Most multitasking increased feelings of distraction.

• Some activities decreased feelings of distraction when combined with survey-taking.

摘要

•Participants in an online survey revealed what other activities they engaged in while taking it.•Younger people were more likely than older people to multitask.•The relationship between age, multitasking, and sense of distraction was curvilinear.•Most multitasking increased feelings of distraction.•Some activities decreased feelings of distraction when combined with survey-taking.

论文关键词:Multitasking,Distraction,Computer,Survey,Data collection

论文评审过程:Available online 20 October 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.041