Table 2.
Examples of digital detox strategies covered by literature
| Focus | Strategy | Supporting literature |
|---|---|---|
|
Emotion-focused strategies (individual) |
Reflecting personal values and mindset | Middleton and Cukier (2006); Syvertsen and Enli (2019); Pfaffinger et al. (2020) |
| Emotion management | Al-Fudail and Mellar (2008) | |
| Mindfulness training | Pflügner et al. (2021) | |
|
Problem-focused strategies (individual) |
Non-use, withdrawal, and time-outs | Baumer et al. (2013); Braukmann et al. (2018); Mirbabaie et al. (2020); Przybylski et al. (2021) |
| Self-regulation of usage behavior | Uhls et al. (2014); Turel (2016); Anrijs et al. (2018); Stadin et al. (2020) | |
| Job transition | Butts et al. (2015) | |
| Restricted social media use | Gui et al. (2017); Aranda and Baig (2018); Karmakar (2020) | |
| Use of digital wellbeing applications | Gui et al. (2017); Eichner (2020); Karmakar (2020) | |
| Switching to alternatives and offline behaviors | D’Arcy et al. (2014); Syvertsen and Enli (2019) | |
| Segmentation of work and non-work | Sonnentag and Fritz (2015) | |
|
Problem-focused strategies (organizational) |
Top-down regulation of usage behavior (e.g. shut down e-mail servers) | Görland and Kannengießer (2021) |
| Organizational digital detox events | Karlsen (2020) | |
| Training and support | Tarafdar et al. (2011); Pfaffinger et al. (2020) |