This Viewpoint proposes that object-relations theory, the idea that humans rely on transitional objects for comfort in the absence of human sources of emotional connection, explains people’s connections to their smartphones and can be used to leverage patients’ engagement with digital health apps.
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Cohen et al. (2019) studied this question.
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