Designing for Digital Well-Being: Applying Behavioral Science to Reduce Tech Addiction

Sarah Zaheer

doi:10.5281/zenodo.15259154

Designing for Digital Well-Being: Applying Behavioral Science to Reduce Tech Addiction

Author(s)	Sarah Zaheer
Country	India
Abstract	The hyper-connected world of today, excessive use of digital technologies has highlighted genuine concerns about mental health, productivity, and quality of life. Digital addiction, driven by persuasive design and infinite content availability, is encouraging researchers and designers to rethink user experience (UX) strategies to ensure digital well-being. This paper investigates how time-tracking dashboards, mindful notifications, and deliberate friction are being utilized in digital well-being applications and platforms to equip users with higher levels of self-awareness and agency. Through a review of top literature, we assess the efficacy of these interventions in limiting compulsive use of technology. Time-tracking functionalities offer users visual feedback about their behavior, which encourages intentional decision-making. Mindful alerts minimize interrupt frequency and maximize user interaction with purpose instead of habit. Deliberate friction, like confirmation alerts or screen blocking, adds minor roadblocks to deter mindless digital tendencies. Further, the moral aspects of deploying such UX designs are mentioned, especially in the equilibrium of user freedom and behavior nudges. From a multidisciplinary perspective that includes psychology, ethics, and human-computer interaction, this paper identifies central opportunities and challenges in designing humane digital experiences that enable flourishing online lives. In the end, the research calls for a move away from optimizing engagement towards promoting digital mindfulness and sustainable tech use
Keywords	Digital Well-being, UX Design, Time-Tracking, Mindful Notifications, Intentional Friction, Digital Addiction, Human-Computer Interaction, Ethical Design, Technology Use Regulation, Self-Awareness, Behavior Change, Attention Management, Persuasive Design, User Autonomy, Tech Mindfulness
Field	Computer > Design
Published In	Volume 4, Issue 10, October 2023
Published On	2023-10-12
Cite This	Designing for Digital Well-Being: Applying Behavioral Science to Reduce Tech Addiction - Sarah Zaheer - IJLRP Volume 4, Issue 10, October 2023. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15259154
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15259154
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9f825

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