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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 (Mage = 13.47, SDage = 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 participants used the smartphone frequently and for a longer period, they also reported higher levels of well-being; (ii) well-being positively predicted subsequent duration of smartphone use; (iii) usage patterns and system dynamics showed heterogeneity, with many subjects showing reciprocal effects close to zero; finally, (iv) changes in well-being tend to persist longer than changes in the frequency and duration of smartphone use.

SUBMITTER: Marciano L 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Marciano Laura L   Driver Charles C CC   Schulz Peter J PJ   Camerini Anne-Linda AL  

Scientific reports 20220125 1


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<sub>age</sub> = 13.47, SD<sub>age</sub> = 1.62, 54% females), the present study disentangled  ...[more]

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