Dynamics of adolescents' smartphone use and well-being are positive but ephemeral.

ABSTRACT: Well-being and smartphone use are thought to influence each other. However, previous studies mainly focused on one direction (looking at the effects of smartphone use on well-being) and considered between-person effects, with self-reported measures of smartphone use. By using 2548 assessments of well-being and trace data of smartphone use collected for 45 consecutive days in 82 adolescent participants (M_age = 13.47, SD_age = 1.62, 54% females), the present study disentangled the reciprocal and individual dynamics of well-being and smartphone use. Hierarchical Bayesian Continuous Time Dynamic Models were used to estimate how a change in frequency and duration of smartphone use predicted a later change in well-being, and vice versa. Results revealed that (i) when partici

SUBMITTER: Marciano L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8789843 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature