Here you will find publications and information for researchers and interested readers:
About the Digital Mental Health Panel
(published: 16.11.2025)
The Digital Mental Health Panel conducts comprehensive research on mental health and enables a rapid translation of findings into prevention, therapy, and policy.
Project/Study Implementation with the Digital Mental Health Panel
(published: 16.11.2025)
The Digital Mental Health Panel provides researchers with access to existing data, new surveys, and participant recruitment for external studies. The focus is on mental health, supplemented by further relevant constructs.
The "Bubbles" – Ultra-Short Scales in the Digital Panel
(published: 20.11.2025)
In the Digital Mental Health Panel, validated ultra-short scales (“Bubbles”) measure key constructs such as mental health and social media use with just one item – efficiently and psychometrically robust.
Panel Reports on Mental Health 2025
(published: 10.12.2025)
The new 2025 report of the Digital Panel provides key insights: high life satisfaction, but also widespread stress symptoms. The special report also highlights the intensive use of social media and the associated risks.
Recent Publication Based on data from the Digital Panel
(published: 09.02.2026)
The most recent publication based on data from the Digital Panel shows that stress symptoms and sleep problems are higher among people who use social media (e.g., TikTok, Instagram) than among those who completely avoid social media use. In addition, people who do not use social media perceive greater control over the course of their lives than users do.
You can find the study at:
Brailovskaia, J., Precht, L.-M., & Margraf, J. (2026). Comparing social media users and non-users in Germany: sense of control, addictive social media use, stress and insomnia symptoms. Computers in Human Behaviors Reports, 21, 100933. doi:10.1016/j.chbr.2026.100933
> https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958826000072