Motivation and emotion/Book/2024/Digital emotion regulation
How can digital tools and technologies be used to help manage emotions?
Overview
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The Overview is typically consists of one to four paragraphs inbetween the scenario and focus questions. Suggested word count aim for the Overview: 180 to 330 words.
Scenario: It's late at night and none of your friends are awake but you're feeling stressed. You reach into your pocket, take out your phone, and open the headspace app. You engage in a mindfulness meditation exercise and immediately feel better and can head to sleep... |
![Popular digital tool for emotion regulation](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Headspace-logo.jpg/220px-Headspace-logo.jpg)
Digital tools and technologies are being further implemented into our daily lives as the years pass. Similarly, mental health issues are on the rise. So imagine being able to utilise these digital tools and technology in order to manage our emotions and potentially minimise our risk of experiencing mental disregulation and disorder? That is what this webpage aims to explore. There have been many digital tools which have been created to help people to regulate their emotions, with features ranging from mindfulness and meditation, to everyday journaling applications. These tools are created with ease of access, with the majority of the applications being available via mobile phones for use at home or on the go. Let's explore these themes further throughout this chapter. etc etc need to edit more/think of how i want to introduce properly
Focus questions:
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Headings
[edit | edit source]- Aim for three to six main headings inbetween the Overview and Conclusion
- Sub-headings can also be used, but
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What is emotion regulation (ER)?
[edit | edit source]- Emotion regulation refers to the processes by which an individual monitors, evaluates, and changes emotional responses, with an emphasis on doing so to achieve a specific goal (Gross, 2015)
What are digital tools and technologies?
[edit | edit source]- possible include a table showing a bunch of examples of apps you can used based on what you're after for regulation?
Which digital tools and technologies can people access?
[edit | edit source]List of recommended phone applications for ER
[edit | edit source]What do these tools have to offer for emotion regulation?
[edit | edit source]- mood and gratitude journaling
- mindfulness and meditation activities
- medication reminders
- lifestyle tracking
Psychological theories found within digital emotion regulation tools
[edit | edit source]Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
[edit | edit source]- especially found in the moodfit app
- " focuses on challenging and changing cognitive distortions (such as thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes) and their associated behaviors to improve emotional regulation" (wikipedia)
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)
[edit | edit source]- program run for several weeks to reduce stress via mindfulness
- 8 weeks?
- help individuals manage stress,pain, anxiety, depression
Process model of emotion regulation
[edit | edit source]- presented by Gross (1998)
- emotional response tendencies are often modulated
Test yourself below!
What research supports that digital tools are effective in managing emotions?
[edit | edit source]- Provide at least three bullet-points per headingʔ and sub-heading, including for the Overview and Conclusion
- Include key citations
Figures
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Learning features
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Conclusion
[edit | edit source]- The Conclusion is arguably the most important section
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See also
[edit | edit source]Provide internal (wiki) links to the most relevant Wikiversity pages (esp. related motivation and emotion book chapters) and Wikipedia articles. Use these formats:
- Light triad (Book chapter, 2021)
- Collaborative authoring using wiki (Wikiversity)
- Self determination theory (Wikipedia)
- Motivation and emotion/Book/2017/Sound and mood
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References
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Possible references - i know I need to make proper APA style/links will do as I progress!
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8846444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9489858/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jad.12259
https://www.linkedin.com/advice/3/how-can-digital-tools-used-improve-emotional
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1071581922001732
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0963721420920592
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37811912/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451958822000264
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External links
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- Six top tips for writing a great essay (University of Melbourne)
- The importance of structure (skillsyouneed.com)
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