Temporary and permanent disconnection from digital devices, platforms, or tools has gained
traction from users and, subsequently, in academic discourse. A rapidly growing body of …

Digital distractions can interfere with goal attainment and lead to undesirable habits that are
hard to get red rid of. Various digital self‐control interventions promise support to alleviate …

The constant availability of social networking sites (SNSs) on smartphones has an
enormous distracting potential and may lead to problematic usage behavior, especially …

Smartphones provide various functions supporting users in their daily lives. However, the
temptation of getting distracted and tuning out is high leading to so-called rabbit holes. To …

Public discussion and discourse amongst researchers suggest that smartphone use is
excessive from an individual welfare standpoint, but evidence for this remains limited. I …

Excessive smartphone use has negative effects on our social relations as well as on our
mental and psychological health. Most of the previous work to avoid these negative effects is …

The quality of social interaction is crucial for psychological and physiological health.
Previous research shows that smartphones can negatively impact face-to-face social …

The quality of social interaction has great importance for psychological and physiological
health. Previous research indicates that smartphones have adverse effects on collocated …

There is a growing need to support people to counter problematic smartphone use. We
analyse related research in methods to address problematic usage and identify a research …

Excessive smartphone use has negative effects on our social relations. Previous work
addressed this problem by allowing users to restrict their smartphone use. However, as this …