Journal article
"Instant Happiness": Smartphones as tools for everyday emotion regulation
Yaoxi Shi, Peter Koval, Vassilis Kostakos, Jorge Goncalves, Greg Wadley
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies | Elsevier | Published : 2023
Abstract
Smartphone use has become an indispensable aspect of daily life for billions of people. Increasingly, researchers are examining the impact of smartphone use upon psychological well-being. However, little research has investigated how people deliberately use their smartphones to shape affective states; in other words, how smartphones are used as tools to support everyday emotion regulation. In this paper, we report a study that uses quantitative (experience sampling) and qualitative (semi-structured interview) methods to examine when and how people use smartphones to regulate emotions in everyday life, and the associated psychological consequences. Participants report spending a significant a..
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The authors acknowledge the valuable insights of the Digital Emotion Regulation research group (https://cis .unimelb.edu.au/hci/projects/digitalemotionregulation/) at the University of Mel- bourne, and thank the study participants for their efforts. This work was supported by the Australian Research Council [Grant IDs DP190102627; DE190100203] . The funder had no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication.