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An Empirical Study on College Students Digital Detox Intention from SOR Perspective

  • Dong Huanqing ,
  • Chen Yidu ,
  • Cao Gaohui
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  • 1 School of Information Management, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079;
    2 Center for Data Governance and Intelligent Decision Making of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430079
Dong Huanqing, doctoral candidate; Chen Yidu, master; Cao Gaohui, professor, PhD, doctoral supervisor, corresponding author, E-mail: ghcao@mail.ccnu.edu.cn.

Received date: 2024-08-26

  Revised date: 2024-11-10

  Online published: 2025-06-21

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] This paper explores the influencing factors and mechanism of college students’ digital detox intention from the perspective of SOR. It aims to provide reference and suggestions for college students’ rational use of digital devices, and to guide college teaching and management personnel in the prevention of digital addiction. [Methods/Process] This paper studied college students’ digital detox intention based on the SOR (Stimulus-Organism-Response) model. It constructed a theoretical model of the factors influencing college students’ digital detox intention and proposed research hypotheses. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey. And then the 378 valid questionnaires were analyzed and validated using structural equation modeling. [Result/Conclusion] Both social overload and technology intrusion have a positive impact on negative affect. And the impact of social overload is relatively significant. Technology intrusion positively affects perceived risk, perceived risk positively affects digital detox intention. Perceived risk has a partial mediating effect between technology intrusion and digital detox intention. Peer pressure and subjective norms also have significant positive effects on digital detox intention. However, the direct positive effect of negative affect on digital detox intention has not passed the verification, and the effect is not significant. According to the results of the study, it provides references and suggestions for college students to balance technology and life, and for college teaching and management personnel to carry out digital addiction prevention work.

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Dong Huanqing , Chen Yidu , Cao Gaohui . An Empirical Study on College Students Digital Detox Intention from SOR Perspective[J]. Library and Information Service, 2025 , 69(13) : 94 -107 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2025.13.008

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