Digital Wellbeing in a Culture of Ubiquitous Connectivity: Towards a Dynamic Pathway Model

Project Information

DISCONNECT

Grant agreement ID: 950635

DOI

10.3030/950635

EC signature date 4 May 2021

Start date 1 June 2021

End date 31 May 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 860,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 860,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Belgium

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Deliverables

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan (DMP)

ORDP

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (16)

The effects of social media abstinence on affective well-being and life satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author(s): Laura Lemahieu, Yannick Vander Zwalmen, Marthe Mennes, Ernst H. W. Koster, Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Karolien Poels
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 15, 2025, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-90984-3

Digital well-being in an age of mobile connectivity: An introduction to the Special Issue

Author(s): Vanden Abeele, Mariek M P; Nguyen, Minh Hao
Published in: Mobile Media & Communication, Issue 20501587, 2020, Page(s) 174-189, ISSN 2050-1587
Publisher: Sage
DOI: 10.5167/uzh-217593

Analyzing the Affective Consequences of Normal Sleep Fluctuations: A Multiverse Investigation Using Experience Sampling Data

Author(s): Stephen L. Murphy, Kyle Van Gaeveren, David De Segovia Vicente, Mariek Vanden Abeele
Published in: Collabra: Psychology, Issue 11, 2025, ISSN 2474-7394
Publisher: University of California Press
DOI: 10.1525/collabra.138643

Drug, demon, or donut? Theorizing the relationship between social media use, digital well-being and digital disconnection

Author(s): Mariek M.P. Vanden Abeele; Annabell Halfmann ; Edmund W.J. Lee
Published in: Current Opinion in Psychology, Issue Volume 45, June 2022, 2022, Page(s) 101295, ISSN 2352-250X
Publisher: Elsevier Limited
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.12.007

Connected Yet Cognitively Drained? A Mixed-Methods Study Examining Whether Online Vigilance and Availability Pressure Promote Mental Fatigue

Author(s): Kyle Van Gaeveren, Stephen L Murphy, David de Segovia Vicente, Mariek M P Vanden Abeele
Published in: Communication Research, 2024, ISSN 0093-6502
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00936502241248494

Who cares about digital disconnection? Exploring commodified digital disconnection discourse through a relational lens

Author(s): Sara Van Bruyssel; Ralf De Wolf; Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele
Published in: Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Issue OnlineFirst, 2023, ISSN 1354-8565
Publisher: Sage
DOI: 10.1177/13548565231206504

Always On, Always Rushed For Time? Exploring Momentary Associations Between Passively Sensed Smartphone Use, Feeling Rushed, and Perceived Task Juggling

Author(s): Kyle Van Gaeveren, Stephen Murphy, David de Segovia Vicente, Mariek Vanden Abeele
Published in: Mobile Media & Communication, 2025, ISSN 2050-1579
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/20501579251377010

From bliss to burden: An ethnographic inquiry into how social, material and individual obstacles to digital well-being shape everyday life

Author(s): Sara Van Bruyssel, Ralf De Wolf, Mariek Vanden Abeele
Published in: New Media & Society, 2025, ISSN 1461-4448
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/14614448241288159

Tapping into feelings: An experience sampling study examining the dynamics of smartphone-based emotion regulation and negative affect.

Author(s): David de Segovia Vicente, Kyle Van Gaeveren, Stephen Murphy, Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele
Published in: Emotion, 2025, ISSN 1528-3542
Publisher: American Psychological Association
DOI: 10.1037/emo0001584

Nonsignificance misinterpreted as an effect’s absence in psychology: prevalence and temporal analyses

Author(s): Stephen Lee Murphy, Raphael Merz, Linda-Elisabeth Reimann, Aurelio Fernández
Published in: Royal Society Open Science, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2054-5703
Publisher: Royal Society Open Science
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.242167

Mapping a pluralistic continuum of approaches to digital disconnection

Author(s): Morgan Quinn Ross; Alicia Gilbert; Julius Klingelhoefer; Mora Matassi; Lise-Marie Nassen; Sara Van Bruyssel; Alice Verlinden; Douglas A Parry
Published in: Media, Culture & Society, 2024, ISSN 0163-4437
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/01634437241228785

Does mindless scrolling hamper well-being? Combining ESM and log-data to examine the link between mindless scrolling, goal conflict, guilt, and daily well-being

Author(s): David de Segovia Vicente; Kyle Van Gaeveren; Stephen L Murphy; Mariek M P Vanden Abeele
Published in: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Issue Volume 29, Issue 1, 2024, ISSN 1083-6101
Publisher: Annenberg School for Communication
DOI: 10.1093/jcmc/zmad056

Home maintainer, guardian or companion? Three commentaries on the implications of domestic <scp>AI</scp> in the household

Author(s): Marijn Martens, Mariek Vanden Abeele, Ralf De Wolf
Published in: Family Relations, Issue 74, 2025, Page(s) 1098-1108, ISSN 0197-6664
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/fare.13162

Methodological considerations for social media intervention studies

Author(s): Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Stephen L. Murphy, Laura Lemahieu, Ernst H. W. Koster
Published in: Nature Reviews Psychology, Issue 4, 2025, Page(s) 603-614, ISSN 2731-0574
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44159-025-00474-6

Theorizing dis/connection: A mutual invitation to mobile media and digital disconnection scholars

Author(s): Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Trine Syvertsen
Published in: Mobile Media &amp; Communication, 2025, ISSN 2050-1579
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/20501579251360886

Why, how, when, and for whom does digital disconnection work? A process-based framework of digital disconnection

Author(s): Mariek M P Vanden Abeele; Heidi Vandebosch; Ernst H W Koster; Tom De Leyn; Kyle Van Gaeveren; David de Segovia Vicente; Sara Van Bruyssel; Tim van Timmeren; Lieven De Marez; Karolien Poels; Ann DeSmet; Bram De Wever; Marijke Verbruggen; Elfi Baillien
Published in: Communication Theory, 2024, ISSN 1468-2885
Publisher: Sage
DOI: 10.1093/ct/qtad016

Book chapters (1)

Digital disconnection as a plight or right?

Author(s): Mariek M. P. Vanden Abeele, Marijn Martens, Sarah Anrijs, Sara Van Bruyssel, David de Segovia Vicente
Published in: The Right Not to Use the Internet, 2025, Page(s) 121-137, ISBN 9781003528401
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.4324/9781003528401-10