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  • Psychology
  • Behavioral Science
  • Digital Well-being

Background:

  • Population-level studies often link higher problematic internet use (PIU) to reduced well-being.
  • The average association may not accurately represent individual experiences with internet use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate within-person associations between problematic internet use and mood.
  • To explore individual variability in the relationship between PIU and mood states.

Main Methods:

  • An idiographic design was employed over 10 days with 84 young adults.
  • Daily surveys assessed PIU behaviors and mood states.
  • Statistical analyses included autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) and meta-analysis to examine within-person effects and heterogeneity.

Main Results:

  • Higher-than-usual PIU was generally associated with lower immediate mood at the within-person level.
  • Significant individual differences were observed, with some experiencing better mood and others worse mood during elevated PIU.
  • Habitually high PIU was linked to lower average mood at the between-person level.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support measurement-based tailoring of interventions for problematic internet use.
  • Intervention strategies may need to differ based on whether elevated PIU initially improves or worsens mood.
  • Future research should evaluate the efficacy of person-specific measures in guiding intervention choices.