The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use
2019/01/08 by Amy Orben, Andrew K. Przybylski, Andrew K Przybylski · 1 voice · 1,456 citations
Decision Sciences · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Association (psychology) #Child Development and Digital Technology #Impact of Technology on Adolescents #Psychology #Psychotherapist #Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
paper · doi:10.1038/s41562-018-0506-1
published in Nature Human Behaviour 3(2), 173-182 (Nature Portfolio)
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