HMPYC80
Assignment 5 2025
Unique #: 714166
Due Date: 29 August 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
and references.
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, HOW DOES DIGITAL EMOTION REGULATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
ENGAGEMENT INFLUENCE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND PERCEIVED
SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS AMONG SOUTH AFRICAN EMERGING ADULTS?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ......................................................................................................................... 4
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................ 4
KEYWORDS .............................................................................................................. 4
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 5
2. BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH INTEREST, ISSUE OR PROBLEM .......... 6
2. LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................................... 7
2.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Digital Emotion Regulation ................................................................................ 8
2.2.1 Definition and Scope ................................................................................... 8
2.2.2 Types of Strategies ..................................................................................... 8
2.3 Psychological Well-being and Social Media Use .............................................. 9
2.3.1 Definitions and Dimensions ........................................................................ 9
2.3.2 Positive Associations .................................................................................. 9
2.3.3 Negative Associations ................................................................................ 9
2.4 Perceived Social Connectedness ................................................................... 10
2.4.1 Conceptual Clarification ............................................................................ 10
2.4.2 Online Connectedness ............................................................................. 10
2.4.3 Risks to Social Connection ....................................................................... 10
2.5 Theoretical Frameworks.................................................................................. 11
2.5.1 Gross’s Process Model of Emotion Regulation ......................................... 11
2.5.2 Self-Determination Theory ........................................................................ 11
2.5.3 Uses and Gratifications Theory................................................................. 11
2.6 Empirical Research in South African and Global Contexts ............................. 12
2.6.1 Global Studies .......................................................................................... 12
2.6.2 South African Studies ............................................................................... 12
2.7 Gaps in the Literature ..................................................................................... 12
2.8 Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 13
3. THE RESEARCH APPROACH, METHOD, AND DESIGN .................................. 13
3.1 Research Paradigm and Ontological Assumptions ......................................... 13
3.2 Research Question ......................................................................................... 14
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Assignment 5 2025
Unique #: 714166
Due Date: 29 August 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
and references.
+27 81 278 3372
, HOW DOES DIGITAL EMOTION REGULATION THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
ENGAGEMENT INFLUENCE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING AND PERCEIVED
SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS AMONG SOUTH AFRICAN EMERGING ADULTS?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE ......................................................................................................................... 4
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................ 4
KEYWORDS .............................................................................................................. 4
1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 5
2. BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH INTEREST, ISSUE OR PROBLEM .......... 6
2. LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................................... 7
2.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Digital Emotion Regulation ................................................................................ 8
2.2.1 Definition and Scope ................................................................................... 8
2.2.2 Types of Strategies ..................................................................................... 8
2.3 Psychological Well-being and Social Media Use .............................................. 9
2.3.1 Definitions and Dimensions ........................................................................ 9
2.3.2 Positive Associations .................................................................................. 9
2.3.3 Negative Associations ................................................................................ 9
2.4 Perceived Social Connectedness ................................................................... 10
2.4.1 Conceptual Clarification ............................................................................ 10
2.4.2 Online Connectedness ............................................................................. 10
2.4.3 Risks to Social Connection ....................................................................... 10
2.5 Theoretical Frameworks.................................................................................. 11
2.5.1 Gross’s Process Model of Emotion Regulation ......................................... 11
2.5.2 Self-Determination Theory ........................................................................ 11
2.5.3 Uses and Gratifications Theory................................................................. 11
2.6 Empirical Research in South African and Global Contexts ............................. 12
2.6.1 Global Studies .......................................................................................... 12
2.6.2 South African Studies ............................................................................... 12
2.7 Gaps in the Literature ..................................................................................... 12
2.8 Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 13
3. THE RESEARCH APPROACH, METHOD, AND DESIGN .................................. 13
3.1 Research Paradigm and Ontological Assumptions ......................................... 13
3.2 Research Question ......................................................................................... 14
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