Digital emotion regulation
- A wide variety of digital services including social and messaging apps, games, music and video streaming and even online shopping are used for emotion regulation
- Up to half of smartphone use may have the goal of managing emotion
- The emotional state of a phone user can predict which app they will use next
- The pandemic lockdowns led people to do relatively more digital regulation
- Emerging technologies may offer more powerful forms of emotion regulation
When people over use technology
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