DIGITAL WELL-BEING

  • THEORY

  • Research

Figure 1. Association between within-person phone use and feeling good.

Lights, cameras (on), action! Camera usage during zoom classes facilitates student engagement without increasing fatigue

Technology, Mind, and Behavior 2022 Data & Materials

Long-distance texting: Text messaging is linked with higher relationship satisfaction in a long-distance relationship

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2021

Batching smartphone notifications can improve well-being

Computers in Human Behavior 2019 Data

Smartphones reduce smiles between strangers 

Computers in Human Behavior 2019 Data|Preregistration

Smartphones distract parents from cultivating feelings of connection when spending time with their children

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2018 Data|Preregistration

Smartphone use undermines enjoyment of face-to-face interactions

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2018 Data|Preregistration|Materials

Put the phone down: Testing a complement-interfere model of computer-mediated communication in the context of face-to-face interactions

Social Psychological and Personality Science 2017 Data|Materials

Digitally connected, socially disconnected: The effects of relying on technology rather than other people

Computers in Human Behavior 2017 Data|Preregistration|Materials

Too tense for candy crush: Affect influences user engagement with proactively suggested content

Proceeding of Mobile HCI 2017

The social costs of ubiquitous information: Consuming information on mobile phones is associated with lower trust

PLoS One 2016 Data|Materials

“Silence your phones”: Smartphone notifications increase inattention and hyperactivity symptoms

Proceedings of CHI 2016 Preregistration|Materials

Checking email less frequently reduces stress

Computers in Human Behavior 2015 Data|Materials