Publications
Peer-reviewed research, conference presentations, and scholarly contributions advancing the intersection of cybersecurity, cyberpsychology, and digital wellness.
Featured Research
Mindfulness as a Service (MaaS) 2.0: Evolving the Framework for Digital Emotional Literacy in K-5 Populations
M.C. Davis
This paper presents the evolution of the Mindfulness as a Service (MaaS) framework, extending its application to K-5 digital emotional literacy. Building on interoceptive awareness research and digital bonding theory, MaaS 2.0 introduces a structured pedagogical approach for helping young learners develop somatic awareness of their digital experiences, recognize emotional responses to technology, and build healthy digital engagement patterns from the earliest stages of technology interaction.
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Five Digital Bonding Patterns: Extending Attachment Theory to Children's Technology Relationships
M.C. Davis
Extends Bowlby and Ainsworth's attachment framework into children's relationships with digital technology. Identifies five Digital Bonding Patterns — Secure, Anxious, Avoidant, Disorganized, and the Phantom Tether (an original contribution describing the persistent felt sense of connection to a device even when it's not in use).
Download PDFThe Creative Hollowing: How Generative AI Erodes Children's Creative Capacity and What We Can Do About It
M.C. Davis
Defines creative atrophy and the Creative Hollowing — the progressive deterioration of children's capacity to generate unprompted creative output when a responsive AI system is available. Argues the elementary years are a critical window and proposes interoceptive awareness of the creative impulse as a protective intervention.
Download PDFSatisficing in the Scroll: How “Good Enough” Decision-Making Shapes Children's Digital Lives
M.C. Davis
Applies Herbert Simon's satisficing framework to children's digital decision-making, integrating bounded rationality with interoceptive awareness. Proposes the Interoceptive Gap as a primary point of intervention and analyzes how autoplay, infinite scroll, and notifications exploit children's satisficing architecture.
Download PDFInside Voice, Outside Voice: Interoceptive Awareness as a Mechanism for Digital Emotional Literacy in K-5 Populations — An Extended Summary
M.C. Davis
Conference submission exploring how somatic awareness training can improve digital decision-making in school-age children, using the Inside Voice/Outside Voice pedagogical framework.
Download PDFInteroceptive Awareness as a Mechanism for Digital Emotional Literacy in K-5 Populations: A Theory-Development Study — Research Summary
M.C. Davis
Dissertation summary presenting the theoretical foundation for using interoceptive awareness as a mechanism for developing digital emotional literacy, with implications for educational technology design and digital wellness interventions.
Download PDFCapitol Technology University Doctoral Dissertation
M.C. Davis
Comprehensive doctoral research on the organizational and psychological factors that influence cybersecurity behavior in enterprise environments, bridging technical security with human-centered design.
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