DIGITAL WELL-BEING
THEORY
An Opportunity Cost Framework of Digital Well-Being
Social and Personality Psychology Compass 2026 | PDF
The effects of smartphones on well-being: Theoretical integration and research agenda
Current Opinion in Psychology 2020 | PDF
The social price of constant connectivity: Smartphones impose subtle costs on well-being
Current Directions in Psychological Science 2019 | PDF
Media technology and well-being: A complementarity-interference model
In E. Diener, S. Oishi, & L. Tay (Eds.), Handbook of well-being 2018. Theoretical Model | PDF
Research
Policies to put smartphones away may have limited impact on college students’ classroom experience.
Mind, Brain, and Education 2026 | PDF
The promise and peril of mental health apps.
Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2026| PDF
Time-specific digital detox interventions: Effects and effectiveness among college students.
Technology, Mind, and Behavior 2025 Data & Preregistration | PDF
PNAS Nexus 2025 Data & Preregistration | PDF
Antecedents and consequences of smartphone self-extension.
Psychology of Popular Media 2025 Data & Postregistration | PDF
Smartphones undermine social connectedness more in men than women: A mini mega-analysis.
Technology, Mind, and Behavior 2024 Data & Materials | PDF
Did smartphones enhance or diminish well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Frontiers in Psychology 2023 Data | Preregistration | PDF
Figure 1. Association between within-person phone use and feeling good.
Technology, Mind, and Behavior 2022 Data & Materials | PDF
A week during COVID-19: Online social interactions predict greater connection and more stress
Computers in Human Behavior Reports 2021 Data | Preregistration | PDF
Can mental health apps be effective for depression, anxiety, and stress during a pandemic?
Practice Innovations 2021 PDF
Anxiety talking: Does anxiety predict sharing information about COVID-19?
Technology, Mind, and Behavior 2021 Data & Materials | PDF
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2021 | PDF
Batching smartphone notifications can improve well-being
Smartphones reduce smiles between strangers
Computers in Human Behavior 2019 Data | Preregistration | PDF
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 2018 Data | Preregistration | PDF
Smartphone use undermines enjoyment of face-to-face interactions
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 2018 Data | Preregistration | Materials | PDF
Social Psychological and Personality Science 2017 Data | Materials | PDF
Computers in Human Behavior 2017 Data | Preregistration | Materials | PDF
Too tense for candy crush: Affect influences user engagement with proactively suggested content
Proceeding of Mobile HCI 2017 | PDF
“Silence your phones”: Smartphone notifications increase inattention and hyperactivity symptoms
Proceedings of CHI 2016 Preregistration | Materials | PDF
Checking email less frequently reduces stress