https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958825001848?via%3Dihub University students face increasing mental health challenges, yet traditional assessment methods often lack timeliness and contextual relevance. This study presents StudentSense, a digital phenotyping investigation examining associations between smartphone-sensed behavior and psychological wellbeing over a 17-week academic semester. A
Unsafe app blocked
Just a heads up that some Android participants might now get the following message when installing AWARE: In this case, you can safely click on “More details” and continue with the installation.
SmartSense-D: A safety, feasibility, and acceptability pilot study of digital phenotyping in young people with major depressive disorder
Recent publication from a study that used AWARE: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20552076251330509
UBISS 2025 Workshop on AWARE and Smartphone Sensing
Workshop A: FROM PIXELS TO PSYCHOLOGY: DECODING BEHAVIOUR THROUGH SMARTPHONE SENSING: https://ubicomp.oulu.fi/ubiss2025/workshops-instructors#WA.
Nomophobia, Psychopathology, and Smartphone-Inferred Behaviors in Youth With Depression: Longitudinal Study
Recent publication from a study that used AWARE: https://formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e57512.
Understanding User Behavior in the Wild Using Smartphones
New paper out from members of the AWARE team: https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-27648-9_109-1
AWARE now on LinkedIn and Bluesky
https://www.linkedin.com/company/aware-framework/ https://bsky.app/profile/awareframework.bsky.social
Sensor Sensor
This isn’t really a sensor, but we do use the AWARE log system to record every time a sensor is turned on or off. Such records will be stored in the log_message field of the aware_log table, and they will
Touch
The touch events sensor captures various types of touch interactions on the device’s screen. This includes single clicks, long clicks, and scrolling actions. The sensor logs details such as the timestamp, device ID, the app in which the event occurred,
Screentext
The screen reader, known as the “screentext” sensor, captures a variety of text information during user interactions. This includes the text that users browse, the coordinates of this text on the screen, and the actions they perform while interacting with