On 7^th October 2024, Moon Chun Memorial College, University of Macau was delighted to invite college affiliates, Profs. Anise Wu and Letty Kwan, Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) to deliver a psychoeducation talk on technological use, addiction and emotional regulation. 

Prof. Wu introduced the definition and different types of technological addiction, using smartphone addiction as an example. She pointed out that there is a high prevalence and vulnerability of smartphone addiction among youths. Smartphone is used as a means of coping with negative emotions such as loneliness, anxiety, fear depression and stress. She explained from a scientific perspective how empirical research emphasizes the role of negative emotions in technological use and addiction.

Meanwhile, Dr. Kwan emphasized the importance of emotional regulation as it is related to mental health, interpersonal relationships, decision making, school performance and resilience. Therefore, she introduced some practical methods to increase self-awareness of emotions, including self-reflection on one’s emotion and journaling. Her research result indicated that AI face-reading is a useful tool that can assist students in better manage their emotions.