Study: Facebook Use Correlates With Decline in Emotional Well-Being
A study from the University of Michigan confirms what we've all suspected - using Facebook actually makes us more depressed and less satisfied with our own lives.
A study from the University of Michigan confirms what we’ve all suspected – using Facebook actually makes us more depressed and less satisfied with our own lives.
The results looked at subjective well-being, the perception of one’s own happiness and quality of life. In order to measure this, researchers engaged 82 Facebook users over a period of two weeks using text messages. Participants were asked five times each day about their level of happiness, anxiety, loneliness and their general emotional state.
Social, extroverts – those who are extremely social in real life also displayed the most pronounced shift in mood changes.
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