The Association Between Adolescent Well-Being and Digital Technology Use

Peer-Reviewed Study · Amy Orben and Andrew K. Przybylski · 2019

Specification curve analysis across three large social datasets, total n=355,358, found a small negative association. The analysis is correlational rather than a causal detox experiment.

The association we find between digital technology use and adolescent well-being is negative but small, explaining at most 0.4% of the variation in well-being.

Abstract

Specification curve analysis across three large social datasets, total n=355,358, found a small negative association. The analysis is correlational rather than a causal detox experiment. Strongly qualifies claims of large, uniform technology effects.

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