The Promise of Digital Wellness to Promote Youth Well-Being and Healthy Communities

Abstract

The chapter explores how digital wellness can enhance youth interpersonal skills and relationships to contribute to their well-being and community wellness. A literature review was conducted to investigate how digital wellness influences individual well-being, mainly through developing interpersonal skills, and how this may, in turn, support community well-being. The findings suggest that digital wellness is vital in enhancing youth well-being by fostering essential interpersonal skills such as emotional intelligence and empathy, addressing key developmental needs, and nurturing positive emotions. This promotion of individual well-being, in turn, promotes community well-being; youth engage with each other in more optimistic, ethical, and inclusive ways. Digital wellness should be explored further as a key skill for healthy interpersonal relationships in a digital age.