In this review, we systematize work on the relationship between social media use and stress
by providing a functional perspective that distinguishes between three functions that social …

Smartphone use, eg, on social network sites or instant messaging, can impair well-being
and is related to clinical phenomena, like depression. Digital detox interventions have been …

There has been a notable increase in social media and Internet use over recent decades,
not only for social interaction or entertainment, but also for working and meeting tools, as …

Smartphones aid the constant accessibility of social media (SM) applications, and these
devices and platforms have become a key part of our everyday lives and needs. Previous …

Background There is some evidence that more social media use is related to poorer mental
well-being and that social media use can become problematic when it starts to interfere with …

With the growing proliferation of smart home assistants (SHAs), digital services are
increasingly pervading people's private households. Through their intrusive features, SHAs …

This study explores how using social networking sites (SNSs) to cope with stressors induced
by a global pandemic (in this case, COVID-19) can have negative consequences. The …

In recent years, the notion of digital addiction has become popular. Calls for solutions to
combat it, especially in adolescents, are on the rise. Whilst there remains debate on the …

Digital well-being concerns individuals' subjective well-being in a social environment where
digital media are omnipresent. A general framework is developed to integrate empirical …

Existing literature provides a complicated picture of the relationship between digital media
use and psychological outcomes. Both correlational and some experimental studies suggest …