Digitizing Joy: The Role of Smartphone Use in Capitalizing Positive Life Events and Adolescents’ Psychological Wellbeing KU Leuven
Positive life events shape peoples’ identities and are crucial for their mental and physical wellbeing. Holding on to positive moments in life and sharing them with others, a process named capitalization, has been associated with increased wellbeing, health, personal and social growth. Given the omnipresence of smartphones and the immense popularity of social media in our society, actual experiences, but also memories of an event might have ...