Don’t Let Your Phone Ruin Your Social Life

Find out how phones can block our social connections and learn simple ways to level up.
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I looked at over 60 journal articles (so you don’t have to). Here are some key ones if you want to dive deeper:
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Kuhn, R., Bradbury, T. N., Nussbeck, F. W., & Bodenmann, G. (2018). The power of listening: Lending an ear to the partner during dyadic coping conversations. Journal of Family Psychology, 32, 762-772.
Kushlev, K., & Dunn, E. W. (2019). Smartphones distract parents from cultivating feelings of connection when spending time with their children. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 1619-1639.
Kushlev, K., Hunter, J. F., Proulx, J. D., Pressman, S. D., & Dunn, E. W. (2019). Smartphones reduce smiles between strangers. Computers in Human Behavior, 91, 12-16.
Verduyn, P., Schulte-Strathaus, J. C., Kross, E., & Hülsheger, U. R. (2020). When do smartphones displace face-to-face interactions and what to do about it? Computers in Human Behavior, 114, 106550.
Em, B., Barasch, A., & Tamir, D. I. (2020). The unexpected social consequences of diverting attention to our phones. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 101, 1-14.
Lieberman, A. J., & Schroeder, J. (2020). Two social lives: How differences between online and offline interaction influence social outcomes. Current Opinion in Psychology, 31, 16-21.
Achterhof, R., Kirtley, O. J., Schneider, M., Hagemann, N., Hermans, K., Hiekkaranta, A. P., Lecei, A., Lafit, G., & Myin‐Germeys, I. (2021). Adolescents' real-time social and affective experiences of online and face-to-face interactions. Computers in Human Behavior, 129, 107159.
Knausenberger, J., Giesen-Leuchter, A., & Echterhoff, G. (2022). Feeling ostracized by others’ smartphone use: The effect of phubbing on fundamental needs, mood, and trust. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 883901.
Kroencke, L., Harari, G. M., Back, M. D., & Wagner, J. (2022). Well-being in social interactions: Examining personality-situation dynamics in face-to-face and computer-mediated communication. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 124(2), 437-460.
Ochs, C., & Sauer, J. (2022). Disturbing aspects of smartphone usage: A qualitative analysis. Behaviour & Information Technology, 42(14), 2504-2519.
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