Applied Research in Digital Wellbeing

Every aspect of our everyday life has been infiltrated by technology. In many cases,
technology has the potential to increase productivity in our subjects of study while
simultaneously enhancing social participation. Despite these advantages, technology
and digital services have the potential to have a detrimental impact on people’s
emotional, physical, and social wellbeing. Our interactions with the media have
changed as our lives and expectations have changed. To attain digital wellbeing and
mindfulness, it is not essential to use technology less frequently. Rather, it is about
critically questioning how we use technology and considering why we use it – do we
make a constructive decision or do we simply let ourselves be lured by the tempting
digital platforms?

Dana Rad, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania
and the head of the Center of Research, Development and Innovation in Psychology.
Her areas of interest include digital wellbeing, organizational psychology, psychoinformatics
and nonlinear dynamics.

Tiberiu Dughi is an associate professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, Psychology
and Social Sciences, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania. His research
and applied interests include educational psychology, personality psychology, and
professional and vocational counseling. He is a psychologist supervisor in educational
psychology and member of the Romanian and Belgium Psychologists Collegium.

Roxana Maier, Ph.D., is an associate professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences,
Psychology and Social Sciences at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania. She is
also a psychotherapist and Experiential Psychotherapy of Unification counselor and
trainer and member of the Commission of educational psychology, school and vocational
counseling within the Romanian College of Psychologists.

Anca Egerău, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Faculty of Educational Sciences,
Psychology and Social Sciences at Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania and Head
of the Department of Educational Sciences, Psychology and Social Work. Anca is an
educational and pedagogy specialist and a principal investigator in multiple European
Union funded projects on the topic of education for all ages.