Digital Technologies, Mental Health and Well-Being
A special issue of Behavioral Sciences (ISSN 2076-328X). This special issue belongs to the section "Health Psychology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 July 2026 | Viewed by 191
Special Issue Editors
2. IMSIC, University of Toulon, 83041 Toulon, France
Interests: digital media use; media psychology; technologies, well-being and mental health; persuasion and social Influences of media; public health communication
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Research on the relationships between digital technologies, mental health and well-being has grown rapidly in recent years. A wide variety of technologies and digital media are involved—smartphones, tablets, TV, apps, connected devices—offering access to diverse content and functions such as social networks, video games, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, online therapies, and communities.
Studies examine both the beneficial and harmful links between these technologies and mental health and well-being, with well-being being viewed through its hedonic, psychological and social dimensions.
On the one hand, research explores the positive uses of digital technologies, whether for individuals with mental disorders (e.g., psychotherapies for phobias or anxiety) or for the broader population—for example, in education, prevention, public health communication, emotion regulation, social support and well-being enhancement.
On the other hand, studies also investigate the detrimental links between digital technology uses, particularly problematic uses, and mental health, including decreased well-being, anxiety, digital stress, depressive symptoms, sleep disturbances, “Internet addiction,” etc.
This Special Issue invites authors to submit manuscripts addressing a broad range of topics linking digital technologies and media to mental health and well-being, with a focus on children, adolescents, adults and older adults. Conceptual, empirical (qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods), assessments and review papers are all welcome.
Abstract Deadline: April 2026
Notification of Abstract Acceptance: May 2026
Prof. Dr. Didier Courbet
Prof. Dr. Marie Pierre Fourquet-Courbet
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital technologies
- mental health
- well-being
- problematic Internet use
- social media
- Internet addiction
- online therapy
- virtual reality
- public health communication
- digital stress
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