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Digital fatigue: aka screen fatigue or digital eye strain - refers to the…
Digital fatigue
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aka screen fatigue or digital eye strain - refers to the physical and mental exhaustion that individuals experience after prolonged use of digital devices such as computers, smartphones and tablets.
symptoms include: eye strain, headaches, neck and shoulder pain, fatigue and
difficulty focusing
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The impact of digital fatigue on college students
decreased academic performance
mental health issues: stress, anxiety and depressoin. The constant connectivity and pressure to stay online can lead to feelings of isolation, FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), and social comparison, affecting students' mental health and emotional well-being
poor sleep quality
social isolation
strategies to combat digital fatigue
use of burnout assessment tool?
social cyberloafing: the use of online platforms for non-academic objectives while learning - counterproductive conduct.
doi.org/10.3390/educsci15030373
Agrawal, S., & Krishna, S. M. (2025)
also treated as a restorative and pleasurable consequence - drives to seek immediate low-effort rewards - considered a way to recover from resource depletion
The impact/efficacy of digital detox interventions on university students' mental wellbeing.
Potential Title: The efficacy of digital detox interventions on STRESS
RQ: academic performance (more in the background than title)
academic performance
Learning satisfaction is a significant predictor of academic success and overall wellbeing. - indicates whether educational activities have met students' needs and expectations.
past studies have shown that social cyberloafing = lower learning satisfaction.
doi.org/10.3390/educsci15030373
digital detox interventions
digital detox is a period in which a person avoids using computers, smartphones etc, in order to reduce stress aka abstinence, break, disengagement, detox, time out, unpluggin or refraining from social media usage.
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2023.0742
abstinence can be either full or partial.
helps manage and control the excessive or unhealthy use of technology
burnout
counterpart is study engagement which is +ve, fulfilling, study-related attitude characterised by energy, dedication and absorption.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1168264
dimensions of wellbring
subjective wellbeing is an individual's self-evaluation of their overall life satisdaction and the balance between postive and negative emotions
psychological well-being refers to a person's mental and emotional sate marked by positve feelings, self-acceptance, a clear sense of purpose in lif, continuous personal growth and fulfulling relationships.
radtke et al 2021
Brown and Kuss (2020) investigated mental well-being using the Warwick-Edinburgh MWB Scale (WEMWBS; Tennant et al., 2007).
Impact of Short-Term Smartphone Abstinence Interventions on Stress/mental wellbeing Among First-Year University Students: A Systematic Review
Population: First-year university students, a specific group facing unique transitional stressors.
Intervention: Short-term smartphone abstinence interventions (e.g., periods of restricted smartphone use, ranging from hours to days).
Comparison: Implicitly, the comparison is to no intervention or continued smartphone use, though this may vary by study (e.g., control groups in RCTs).
Outcomes: Stress (e.g., anxiety, perceived stress) and academic engagement (e.g., study motivation, focus, academic burnout)
RQ: What is the effect of short-term smartphone abstinence interventions on stress and academic engagement among first-year university students?