The science of digital media and well-being

HappyB2.0

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The study

The HappyB2.0 is the natural continuation of the HappyB project in the US context, with cutting-edge methodologies. HappyB2.0 aims to establish to what extent in-person and online social interactions predict adolescents’ well-being, including happiness and loneliness, using objective indicators of both social media/smartphone use and well-being. The study includes an intensive data collection through a smartphone-based application (Ethica now Avicenna), and the collection of hair cortisol levels as a digital biomarker of stress. In doing so, HappyB2.0 aims to set the ground for future research combing biological and digital information.

Subtitle:

The role of online/offline social relationships in adolescents’ happiness

Aim:

HappyB2.0 aims to investigate how online and offline social relationships predict adolescents’ happiness and loneliness. The study also tests a digital biomarker of stress.