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Digital well-being is framed through its impact on mental, physical, and emotional health, with smartphones treated as a near-ubiquitous tool that shapes daily well-being. 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Digital well-being can be defined as a concept of defining the impact of technologies on people’s mental, physical, and emotional health (Shah, 2019) . Smartphones are a necessary tool for a vast majority of today’s college students, and their ability to manage the influence of their digital connection is a critical aspect of their overall well-being. This qualitative study included 22 undergraduate students at an institution in the Midwest. Participants were guided through a structured intervention to encourage selfmotivated behavior change. Through this article, I outline how purposeful intervention around digital behavior change has a positive influence on self-perceptions of digital well-being. Implications for future practice and research are discussed.  \nKeywords: digital wellbeing, college, behavior change, wellness, student development  \nPlease direct inquires about this manuscript to: Charlie Potts, [cpotts@gustavus.edu. ORCID:](cpotts@gustavus.edu. ORCID:) [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1758-3092](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1758-3092)  \nCollege Student Affairs Journal, Volume 42(2), pp. 20-39 ISSN 2381-2338  \nCopyright 2024 Southern Association for College Student Affairs All rights of reproduction in any form reserved.  \n21 College Student Affairs Journal Vol. 42, No. 2, 2024  \nS  \nmartphones occupy a prioritized space in the lives of many of today’s college students. The use of smartphones is nearly ubiquitous among teens and young adults  \n(Vogels et al., 2022) . The prominence of smartphones has created challenges for college students as they navigate their educational experience while managing how they incorporate phone use into their daily lives.  \nTraditional-aged undergraduate students on campus today are primarily part of Generation Z, characterized by Twenge (2017) as having a set of generalizable characteristics which include an increase in time spent on the internet, a decline in in-person social interactions, and a noted rise in mental health challenges. While more diverse and inclusive than previous generations, Twenge (2023) noted that the more connected this current generation is digitally, often the less connected they are socially and in person. Having grownup almost entirely in the age of access to smartphones, these students are the product of a society where constant access to technology and information is the norm.  \nA recent study of Gen Z students found that participants spent an average of over six anda half hours per day on their phones, picked up their phones an average of 167 times per day and received an average of 223 notifications per day (dcdx, 2023) . Twenge (2017) wrote that Gen Z is“on the brink of the worst mental health crisis in decades. Much of this deterioration can be traced to their phones”(para. 10). Humans-and particularly those in the Gen Z group-remain attached to their devices despite the negative effects they may experience-whether they be social, physical, or mental-in part because devices are designed to keep us hooked (Alter, 2017) .  \nPhone use has increased rapidly over the past five years, due in part to the ease of access to smartphones but also related to the Covid-19 pandemic (Jonnatan et al., 2022; Ratan et al., 2021; Stevicet al., 2022) . As social restrictions increased, individuals turned to their phones for connections  \nto family and friends, as well as entertainment. While phone use is not recognized as an addiction by the American Psychiatric Association, “thereis a growing number of mental health specialists who recognize that people can get addicted to their smartphones”(Sneed, 2022) .  \nWhether today’s students view smartphones as necessary commu","cbCaiuUJohyEXKzI","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuUJohyEXKzI","pdf",917903,"English","# Abstract\n## Digital Well-being\n## Smartphones and Student Context\n## Method and Intervention\n## Literature Review","[{\"question\":\"How is digital well-being defined in the article?\",\"answer\":\"Digital well-being is defined as the perceived impact of technologies on people’s mental, physical, and emotional health, including how individuals experience balance in digital settings. 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