Advanced digitization and related information overload foster the prevalence of disruptive stimuli that constantly challenge people in learning and working contexts. The high variety of potential distractions increasingly reduces attention and subsequently minimizes capacities for productive study and work habits. Addressing this challenge, digital tools can support people with resisting situational temptations and keeping focused on meaningful tasks by incorporating features such as timing, rewards, or feedback. While they hold benefits for users’ focused behavior, distraction management, and motivation, existing research also shows hesitation towards using such tools at all. Taking the recently introduced software focUS as an example, the present research investigates in more detail, which factors can foster or hinder users’ acceptance towards digital self-control support. A sample of 96 adult volunteers completed an online survey based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to identify under what circumstances they would be willing to use the previously introduced software tool. Results indicate expected performance gains to be an important predictor to consider when presenting novel technological assistance to potential target groups.
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%1 wirzberger2024performance
%A Wirzberger, Maria
%A Bareiß, Laura
%A Herbst, Veronika
%A Stock, Adrian
%A Kembitzky, Jule
%D 2024
%J SSRN
%K srf_iris iris reflection
%T Performance Expectancy Benefits Acceptance Towards Digital Self-Control Support
%U https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4924933
%X Advanced digitization and related information overload foster the prevalence of disruptive stimuli that constantly challenge people in learning and working contexts. The high variety of potential distractions increasingly reduces attention and subsequently minimizes capacities for productive study and work habits. Addressing this challenge, digital tools can support people with resisting situational temptations and keeping focused on meaningful tasks by incorporating features such as timing, rewards, or feedback. While they hold benefits for users’ focused behavior, distraction management, and motivation, existing research also shows hesitation towards using such tools at all. Taking the recently introduced software focUS as an example, the present research investigates in more detail, which factors can foster or hinder users’ acceptance towards digital self-control support. A sample of 96 adult volunteers completed an online survey based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to identify under what circumstances they would be willing to use the previously introduced software tool. Results indicate expected performance gains to be an important predictor to consider when presenting novel technological assistance to potential target groups.
@preprint{wirzberger2024performance,
abstract = {Advanced digitization and related information overload foster the prevalence of disruptive stimuli that constantly challenge people in learning and working contexts. The high variety of potential distractions increasingly reduces attention and subsequently minimizes capacities for productive study and work habits. Addressing this challenge, digital tools can support people with resisting situational temptations and keeping focused on meaningful tasks by incorporating features such as timing, rewards, or feedback. While they hold benefits for users’ focused behavior, distraction management, and motivation, existing research also shows hesitation towards using such tools at all. Taking the recently introduced software focUS as an example, the present research investigates in more detail, which factors can foster or hinder users’ acceptance towards digital self-control support. A sample of 96 adult volunteers completed an online survey based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to identify under what circumstances they would be willing to use the previously introduced software tool. Results indicate expected performance gains to be an important predictor to consider when presenting novel technological assistance to potential target groups.},
added-at = {2024-08-25T17:04:36.000+0200},
author = {Wirzberger, Maria and Bareiß, Laura and Herbst, Veronika and Stock, Adrian and Kembitzky, Jule},
biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2a919c9c87b543169f309685c89305d7e/iris},
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journal = {SSRN},
keywords = {srf_iris iris reflection},
timestamp = {2024-08-25T17:04:36.000+0200},
title = {Performance Expectancy Benefits Acceptance Towards Digital Self-Control Support},
url = {https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4924933},
year = 2024
}
