Keep Calm and Regulate On(line)?
Emotion regulation in online contexts and links to mental health and wellbeing
A growing body of research indicates that social media use may be contributing to young people’s poor mental health around the world. However, given the ubiquity of social media apps and their extensive integration into daily life, it is not viable to ask a young person to completely abstain from social media. Rather, a more pragmatic approach is to examine psychological risk factors associated with social media use that might predispose some individuals to be at greater risk for experiencing poor mental health in the first place.
This pre-conference will focus on the experience and regulation of emotions in online contexts (including social media apps) and attendant effects on mental health and wellbeing among youth and young adults.
Speakers
Beatriz Brandao
PhD Candidate, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
Dr. Daria Kuss (KEYNOTE SPEAKER)
Associate Professor in Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
Dr. Richard Lopez (co-organizer)
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Dr. Sarah Myruski (co-organizer)
Assistant Research Professor of Psychology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
Hannah Oertel (KEYNOTE SPEAKER)
Founder of Delay Smartphones, Edinburgh, Scotland
Dr. Corinna Perchtold-Stefan
Department of Psychology, Biological Psychology Section, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Dr. Sergio Pirla
Postdoctoral Researcher, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Pre-conference Schedule – Wednesday, July 17, 2024
14:00 - 14:15: Introductory remarks
14:15 - 14:45: Data blitz presentations
Beatriz Brandao, "What Instagram means to me: Links between social anxiety, Instagram-contingent self-worth, and automated textual analysis of linguistic authenticity”
Dr. Corinna Perchtold-Stefan – “Digital Emotion Regulation: How we use digital media to cope with negative situations”
Dr. Sergio Pirla – “Boredom and Online Hostility”
14:45 - 16:00: Research presentations
Dr. Richard Lopez – “Associations between use of screen media, emotion regulation, and wellbeing”
Dr. Sarah Myruski – “Neural correlates of emotion regulation (EEG) and links to adolescents’ preferences for online (vs. in-person) social interactions and social anxiety”
Dr. Richard Lopez (on behalf of Dr. Dmitry Korkin)– “A predictive model of depressive symptoms based on music listening histories on Spotify”
16:00 - 16:15: Coffee break ☕️
16:15 - 17:15: Keynote talks
Hannah Oertel – "Delay smartphones: building a movement to save childhood"
Dr. Daria Kuss – "Online emotion regulation and its impact on females: An Instagram case study"
17:15 - 17:45: Moderated Q&A and wrapup discussion with all speakers
Questions?
Contact co-organizers Richard Lopez (rlopez1@wpi.edu) and Sarah Myruski (sfm6016@psu.edu)