Will Cutting Back On Social Media Use Bring Improvements In Loneliness And Depression? A Study Finds That To Be True!steemCreated with Sketch.

in #news6 years ago

After seeing the whole world turn towards social media with a vengeance, the effects that can have are just coming out. One of the things pointed out has been the fact that social media could be a source which could build up a feeling of loneliness in the user, which could lead to depression.

But a study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, seems to find

a direct causal link between cutting back on social media use and improvements in loneliness and depression.

This could be welcome news for a lot of people, so I urge you to read the following article

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/12/cutting-back-on-social-media-reduces-loneliness-depression-study-finds.html

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