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Group suggests we need education on overuse of digital technology and healthier ways of dealing with feelings

Your phone, your emotions and everyday life

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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