New publication: Digital Detox
Our digital detox study with students didn’t achieve the hoped-for reduction in total smartphone or social media usage. However, our planning intervention did boost self-efficacy – a key resource for self-regulated smartphone use. This highlights the need to put even more focus on strengthening self-efficacy in interventions, ensuring better plan execution and long-term effectiveness.
Brockmeier, L., Keller, J., Dingler, T., Paduszynska, N., Luszczynska, A., & Radtke, T. (2025). Planning a Digital Detox: Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Smartphone Usage time. Computers in Human Behavior, 168, 108624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2025.108624
