People who generally experience higher loneliness are more negatively affected by their smartphone use—specifically, social media.
This seems to be a risk factor.
This seems to be a risk factor.
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Timon Elmer
Does smartphone use make people feel lonelier? Or does loneliness predict smartphone use?
We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
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We combined experience sampling data with smartphone usage data to examine the bidirectional association between well-being and smartphone use over time.
Published in @apajournals.bsky.social Emotion!
🧵 👇
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This helps move past the simple debates about whether it’s good or bad, writ large, and moves into more useful theorizing.