"Interview excerpt (verbatim, shortened)",Applied code(s),Dimension,Link to logbook behaviour (explicit/implicit)
"“with Instagram… doing stuff like graphic design, I can get good inspiration… help learn”",Inspiration/goal priming; Information seeking/learning,Motivation,Implicit: explains why some IG logs may look “productive” (inspiration/learning rather than pure filler).
“when I should be being productive… I can just get a bit stuck or glued to Instagram”,Compulsive pull; Procrastination/avoidance,Motivation,Implicit: matches longer/“stuck” IG sessions and avoidance-style log entries.
“with my banking app… become a little fixated and want to start changing different things”,Track/organise finances; Budget planning/tracking,Motivation,Implicit: explains “planning/moving stuff around” type banking entries.
“particularly at night… ‘just one more reel…’ … lose track of time”,Compulsive pull,Motivation,Explicit: aligns with night IG logs where time slips and stopping is hard.
“particularly at night…”,Night-time bed scroll,Context,Explicit: maps to in-bed/night IG sessions in the logs.
“if I’m out and about and I’m wanting to make a purchase… I occasionally just check… not 100% sure how my finances are looking”,Decision support (purchase/plan); Reassurance check (finance),Motivation,Explicit: mirrors “out and about” quick banking checks before buying.
"“when I’m at home… planning and moving stuff around, like my savings pots and investments”",Budget planning/tracking; Savings action; Investment monitoring/management,Motivation,Explicit: matches home-based banking entries focused on planning/investments.
“when I’m at home…”,Home downtime,Context,Implicit/explicit: explains why deeper banking sessions cluster at home in logs.
“wanted to put screen time limits… stop using it so much… messing with my sleep schedule”,Self-control / limit-setting,Motivation,Implicit: supports the logbook pattern of late-night IG overuse + attempts at restraint.
“I’ve always felt… moments when I’m not really doing anything… lying in bed… on public transport… interesting… how much I actually did that”,Habitual check (autopilot); Kill time / waiting filler,Motivation,Explicit: directly reinforces repeated “autopilot” IG checks in bed/transit.
“lying in bed”,Night-time bed scroll,Context,Explicit: repeats the bed context seen across IG logs.
“on public transport… ‘I’m on the metro’”,Commute/transit,Context,Explicit: directly maps to repeated transit-coded IG log entries.
“go straight from Instagram to my banking app if I had seen an advert”,App-switch sequence; Ad-triggered interest/action,Context; Motivation,Explicit: directly explains cross-app sequences in logs (IG → banking after ads).
“around twenty minutes… because I was wanting to do some investments”,Investment monitoring/management,Motivation,"Implicit: clarifies why banking use can feel longer when investment-focused, even if total time is short."
“Instagram… moments… on a metro… nothing else I could really do… entertain myself while I was waiting”,Kill time / waiting filler; Entertainment/distraction,Motivation,Explicit: matches metro/transit IG “filler” entries.
“on a metro… waiting”,Commute/transit,Context,Explicit: repeats the transit setting that dominates many IG logs.
“my banking app… see something online… relating to money… wanted to buy… financial planning… make me a little anxious”,Money anxiety,Emotion,Explicit: links to “money worry” banking checks (buying/planning triggers).
"“sometimes it made me feel better, sometimes it made me feel worse”",Ambivalent (mixed),Emotion,Implicit: complicates a simple “banking = reassurance” story; suggests mixed outcomes in logs too.
“felt like I could do things… productive… plan for the future”,Budget planning/tracking,Motivation,Explicit: aligns with logbook “planning/tracking” banking sessions.
“want versus a need… ‘can I have it’… see an advert… ‘maybe I can afford that’”,Decision support (purchase/plan); Ad-triggered interest/action,Motivation,Explicit: directly elaborates the “ad → affordability check” pattern in logs.
“it’s mixed… sometimes… I can do that… other times not”,Ambivalent (mixed),Emotion,Implicit: supports mixed emotional endings after banking checks (reassured vs worse).
"“wanting a confirmation… being able to actually look at it and see it, was kind of necessary”",Reassurance check (finance),Motivation,Explicit: matches “quick reassurance” banking checks.
"“if I’m not bored, I don’t feel like I use Instagram… usually boredom that leads me there”",Bored/restless,Emotion,Explicit: directly confirms boredom as a primary IG trigger in logs.
“when I’m using it… entertained… focused on it”,Entertainment/distraction,Motivation,"Implicit: explains why IG entries often describe absorbing, “easy” engagement."
“afterwards… ‘did the time really go like that?’… ‘need to get back’”,Compulsive pull,Motivation,Implicit: matches log reflections about time-loss and snapping back to tasks.
“if it was… on the metro… I don’t feel guilty… didn’t feel like I could do anything else anyway”,Kill time / waiting filler,Motivation,Explicit: explains why some IG filler logs lack “Guilty (time/procrastination)” even with time spent.
“with mobile banking… start with a bit of anxiety… want to do some planning… usually feel better having done it”,Money anxiety; Reassured/relieved,Emotion,Explicit: maps to “anxious → check → relief” patterns in banking logs.
“want to do some planning and stuff… go on and do that”,Budget planning/tracking; Track/organise finances,Motivation,Explicit: ties banking use to planning/organisation behaviours seen in logs.
“when I was tired… wanted to switch my brain off”,Tired/exhausted,Emotion,Implicit: helps interpret IG use as low-effort decompression when depleted.
“wanted to switch my brain off for a bit”,Mood regulation / comfort-scroll,Motivation,"Implicit: reframes some IG sessions as soothing/decompression, not just “fun”."
“when I’d first wake up… open Instagram straight away”,Wake-up scroll,Motivation,Explicit: directly supports morning IG “wake-up” logs.
“first wake up…”,Morning routine,Context,Explicit: maps to morning-context IG entries.
“right before I’d go to bed… get a bit stuck on it”,Night-time bed scroll; Compulsive pull,Context; Motivation,Explicit: strongly reinforces bedtime IG trap pattern in logs.
“Instagram… takes up a decent chunk… could be doing other stuff… time to put some screen controls on”,Self-control / limit-setting,Motivation,Implicit: shows a behaviour-change intention that may not appear in logs but explains future self-regulation.
“in the last two weeks… not really used my banking app… middle period… not been going out”,(coded via existing set only where needed),—,"Implicit: explains why banking logs may cluster around rent/going-out moments, and dip mid-month."
“other apps… spend too much time on those as well… brought attention to the other apps”,(see candidate code below),—,Explicit: insight about non-target apps that the current codebook doesn’t cleanly capture.