Happy Tech Lab researchers Dexter King, Kibum Moon, and Kostadin Kushlev recently tested the impact and effectiveness of time-specific digital detox interventions among college students, intending to reduce digital device use before and after sleep…
“Results indicated that participants found it difficult to comply even with such brief digital detox practices, and that there was no difference in daily affect between those who were assigned an intervention compared to the control group. However, when students successfully practiced digital detox before bed, they used their phones less and felt better the following day compared to control participants, and practicing digital detox in the morning more often was associated with better daily affect. Future research should examine how to help people practice digital detox more effectively, with a particular focus on curbing phone use at critical times of day, such as before and after sleep.”
Read the preprint below for more information:
https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hbjzm
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