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Scrutinizing the effects of digital technology on mental health

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  • Jonathan Haidt
  • Nick Allen

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Does time spent using digital technology and social media have an adverse effect on mental health, especially that of adolescents? Here, two scientists discuss the question, and how digital devices might be used to improve well-being.

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  • Jonathan Haidt & Nick Allen, 2020. "Scrutinizing the effects of digital technology on mental health," Nature, Nature, vol. 578(7794), pages 226-227, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:578:y:2020:i:7794:d:10.1038_d41586-020-00296-x
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-00296-x
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    1. Mumtaz Ali Memon & Saba Shaikh & Muhammad Zeeshan Mirza & Asfia Obaid & Nuttawuth Muenjohn & Hiram Ting, 2022. "Work-From-Home in the New Normal: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Employees’ Mental Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-19, December.
    2. Wim Naudé, 2024. "Destructive digital entrepreneurship," Chapters, in: Wim Naudé & Bernadette Power (ed.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Conflict, chapter 17, pages 292-328, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    3. Leena Paakkari & Jorma Tynjälä & Henri Lahti & Kristiina Ojala & Nelli Lyyra, 2021. "Problematic Social Media Use and Health among Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-11, February.
    4. Haisen Wang & Gangqiang Yang & Ziyang Yue, 2023. "Breaking through ingrained beliefs: revisiting the impact of the digital economy on carbon emissions," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-13, December.
    5. Aurora Murgea, 2023. "The Dark Side of Digitalisation: Wealthier but Unhappier," Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, Ovidius University of Constantza, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 0(2), pages 326-334, December.
    6. Shantanu Tilak & Marvin Evans & Ziye Wen & Michael Glassman, 2023. "Social Network Analysis as a Cybernetic Modelling Facility for Participatory Design in Technology-Supported College Curricula," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 36(5), pages 691-724, October.

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