Psychologists have described the influence of social networks on people

2018-01-21 15:39

Psychologists have described the influence of social networks on people
Researchers one of the world’s most popular social networks have discovered how different the use of the platform affects the psychological state of the people

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David Ginsberg and Moira Burke conducted an analysis of the use of Facebook due to randomly selected students from the University of Michigan. Subjects were divided into two groups: daily 10 minutes flicking through the news feed, and the second was actively perepisali with friends and publishing various materials, reports Rus.Media.

Even at the end of the first day the first team were subdued compared with the second. Another experiment proved that most users are twice as likely to be average people “podobovo” publications in the social network, had a mental disorder.

The researchers explained that passive viewing of news feeds and the lack or insufficiency of communication with other networks adversely affects the health of the users. But even re-writing with friends can improve your mood and fight stress and depression.