Well-Being and Phones: A Review of the Literature

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dc.contributorCarlson, Caryn
dc.contributorGosling, Samuel
dc.creatorHammond, Jordan
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-19T21:01:17Z
dc.date.available2021-01-19T21:01:17Z
dc.date.issued2020-05
dc.description.abstractThe rise of cell phone technology was synchronous with troubling trends including a rise in depression and suicide attempts and a simultaneous decline in well-being (Twenge & Campbell, 2019). Some believe that a causal relationship exists between phone use and well-being—that is, that phones have caused these concerning shifts. There are reasons to believe that phones could improve well-being, such as increased connectivity, creativity, and efficiency. There are also reasons to believe that phones could harm well-being, from decreased sleep to FOMO or “fear of missing out.” A better understanding of the relationship between phones and well-being can inform best practice behaviors that may make our society happier and healthier. This thesis is a systematic literature review with the goal of examining all of the empirical data concerning phone use and well-being that has been collected to date. It relies on empirical research from many fields—including psychology, sociology, economics, communication studies, and business—published in peer-reviewed academic journals. Taken together, this research body is largely equivocal. There are, however, some specific contexts in which phone use is significantly associated with enhanced well-being and other contexts in which phone use is correlated with impaired well-being. Overall, it seems that context is the determining factor. Encouragingly, it seems possible that people can learn how to interact with their phones in an adaptive manner that maximizes the psycho-social benefits while minimizing the potential harm.en_US
dc.description.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/84325
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/11313
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPlan II Honors Theses - Openly Availableen_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectWell-beingen_US
dc.subjecthappinessen_US
dc.subjectcell phoneen_US
dc.titleWell-Being and Phones: A Review of the Literatureen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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