Too Much of a Good Thing: Investigating the Association between Actual Smartphone Use and Individual Well-Being

David, Meredith E.; Roberts, James A.; Christenson, Brett

doi:10.1080/10447318.2017.1349250

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“…Direct tracking of screen time and digital activities on the device level is a promising approach for addressing this measurement problem ( Andrews, Ellis, Shaw, & Piwek, 2015 ; David, Roberts, & Christenson, 2018 ), yet the method comes with technical issues ( Miller, 2012 ) and is still limited to small samples ( Junco, 2013 ). Given the importance of rapidly gauging the impact of screen time on well-being, other approaches for measuring the phenomena—approaches that can be implemented more widely—are needed for psychological science to progress.…”

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Screens, Teens, and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence From Three Time-Use-Diary Studies

2019

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The notion that digital-screen engagement decreases adolescent well-being has become a recurring feature in public, political, and scientific conversation. The current level of psychological evidence, however, is far removed from the certainty voiced by many commentators. There is little clear-cut evidence that screen time decreases adolescent well-being, and most psychological results are based on single-country, exploratory studies that rely on inaccurate but popular self-report measures of digital-screen engagement. In this study, which encompassed three nationally representative large-scale data sets from Ireland, the United States, and the United Kingdom ( N = 17,247 after data exclusions) and included time-use-diary measures of digital-screen engagement, we used both exploratory and confirmatory study designs to introduce methodological and analytical improvements to a growing psychological research area. We found little evidence for substantial negative associations between digital-screen engagement—measured throughout the day or particularly before bedtime—and adolescent well-being.

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Screens, Teens, and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence From Three Time-Use-Diary Studies

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“…Initial research has found that problematic smartphone usage is negatively correlated with various conceptions of well-being including subjective well-being (e.g. Chan, 2018;Chen & Li, 2017;David et al, 2018;Hughes & Burke, 2018;Kumcagiz & Gündüz, 2016;Li et al, 2015;Park & Lee, 2012;Rotondi et al, 2017), mental health (e.g. Hughes & Burke, 2018;Lapierre & Lewis, 2016;Li et al, 2015;Rotondi et al, 2017;Toda, Ezoe, Mure, & Takeshita, 2016), and mood or anxiety disorders (e.g.…”

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“…Although initial research examining the relationship between smartphone usage and well-being has been informative (e.g. Chan, 2018;Chen & Li, 2017;David, Roberts, & Christenson, 2018;Hughes & Burke, 2018;Kumcagiz & Gündüz, 2016;Li, Lepp, & Barkley, 2015;Park & Lee, 2012;Rotondi, Stanca, & Tomasuolo, 2017), there are several limitations. Specifically, research has not provided a comprehensive mapping of general and problematic smartphone usage onto SWB and PWB.…”

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Problematic smartphone usage and subjective and psychological well-being

Horwood

Anglim

2019

Computers in Human Behavior

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Despite a growing awareness that problematic usage of smartphones is becoming a significant public health issue, there is limited research on how problematic smartphone usage relates to the humanistic concepts of well-being, particularly those captured in Ryff's six psychological well-being dimensions: positive relations, autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, purpose in life, selfacceptance. The current study aimed to provide a comprehensive assessment of the relationship between general and problematic smartphone usage and subjective wellbeing and psychological well-being using long-form, theoretically grounded measures. Australian adults (n = 539, 79% female; age in years M = 25.1, SD = 7.8) completed Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale, the PANAS, and Ryff's 84-item measure of psychological well-being. Results showed that problematic smartphone usage was correlated with lower well-being on almost all scales. In particular, negative affect, autonomy, and environmental mastery had the largest negative correlations with problematic smartphone usage. Given the stable and dispositional nature of well-being, it seems likely that much of the relationship is driven by a common underlying tendency to experience anxiety, negative emotions, and a lack of control, combined with a tendency to engage in maladaptive coping and compulsive behavior.

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“…A study conducted by Junco [19] on a group of 1,839 university students showed that 92% of use Facebook for about 102 minutes a day and login to the social network at least six times, while 60% admit that they are addicted to their devices. Studies conducted by David and colleagues [20] show that 81% of users keep their devices nearby for the whole day and control them, on average, 110 times a day.…”

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The Use of the Smartphone, A Nice Paradox: Functional and Dysfunctional at the Same Time

Vaccaro¹

2020

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Article's aim is to create a parallel between the functionality and the dysfunctionality in the use of the smartphone to prevent abuse of the device. The increase in the frequency of use of the smartphone appears as a physiological reaction to technological progress but at the same time it seems to appear as a "paradox effect". On one hand, the presence of the smartphone improved human communication in distance and speed. It helped personal and relational growth. On other hand, it has made all personal data public, traceable at any time and in context, increasing the fragility of the human being. It becomes an effective stimulus to modify the relationships and biological balance of the human organism, but the abuse of the smartphone today leads to talk about addiction. It is important get to the bottom of to emerging data in the literature to prevent it.

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Too Much of a Good Thing: Investigating the Association between Actual Smartphone Use and Individual Well-Being

Cited by 93 publications

References 44 publications

Screens, Teens, and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence From Three Time-Use-Diary Studies

Screens, Teens, and Psychological Well-Being: Evidence From Three Time-Use-Diary Studies

Problematic smartphone usage and subjective and psychological well-being

The Use of the Smartphone, A Nice Paradox: Functional and Dysfunctional at the Same Time

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