10/15/2026
1. Mobile Internet Blocking Study (2025)
"Blocking mobile internet on smartphones improves sustained attention, mental health, and subjective well-being" by Noah Castelo and colleagues. [citation]
oup
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https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/4/2/pgaf017/8016017 [citation]
oup
2. Two-Week Social Media Digital Detox Study (2023)
"Taking a Break: The Effects of Partaking in a Two-Week Social Media Digital Detox on Problematic Smartphone and Social Media Use, and Other Health-Related Outcomes among Young Adults" by Paige Coyne and Sarah J. Woodruff. [citation]
nih
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10740995/ [citation]
nih
3. Smartphone Abstinence Study (2019)
"Digital Detox: The Effect of Smartphone Abstinence on Mood, Anxiety, and Craving" by T.D.W. Wilcockson, A.M. Osborne, and D.A. Ellis. [citation]
docslib
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306460319308341 [citation]
docslib
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4. Systematic Review of Digital Detox Research (2022)
"Digital detox: An effective solution in the smartphone era? A systematic literature review" by Theda Radtke and colleagues. [citation]
sagepub
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20501579211028647 [citation]
sagepub