Are You With Me? The Impact of Losing a Conversation Partner’s Attention to a Mobile Device

Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Literature Review Mere presence of the cell phone and trust and relationship satisfaction Cell phones and relationships Attention, cognition, interruption, interaction Distracted driving and other attentional studies Active distraction and cognition Mere presence and cognition Rejection sensitivity Reliable availability Chapter 3: Methods Subjects Data collection Measures Data Analysis Aims and hypotheses of the current study viii Chapter 4: Results Demographics Main variables Relationships between variables Aim 1: The relationship between representations of relationships with oneself and others, measured by SCORS, and the exposure to a text-message or door-knock interruption Aim 2: The relationship between emotional valence of words used in narratives and the exposure to a text-message or door-knock interruption Aim 3: The relationship between number of words spoken while telling a story and exposure to a text-message or door-knock interruption Chapter 5: Discussion Representations of relationships with oneself and others, and the exposure to a textmessage or door-knock interruption (Aim 1) Emotional valence of words used in narratives and the exposure to a text-message or door-knock interruption (Aim 2) Number of words spoken while telling a story and exposure to a text-message or doorknock interruption (Aim 3) Study limitations Future directions Conclusion