Facebook Use Predicts Declines in Subjective Well-Being in Young Adults

I thought the following research was interesting. My initial feeling was the research may be simply measuring how people feel and then use Facebook more and thus the increased use of Facebook is simply an effect of how they felt. However the research does cover this to their credit.

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If I’m correct in reading the research one interesting insight I think I read into the information is the more you socialise in person with other people the greater the effect when using Facebook. That may infer the less you are dependent on socialising with others for your own happiness the less effect using Facebook has on your happiness. To me it makes sense the more you rely on interaction with others for your happiness, when you’re using Facebook you are not really interacting person to person and thus you could expect to become less happy. I expect others will read what they wish to into the results as I do.

It is good to see services such a Facebook use being researched. I’m also sure that what people write on Facebook reveals a considerably more about them than people realise. Analysis of what people are writing over time may end up being an important tool to assist people and could lead to new areas of preventative health services.

- Kelvin Eldridge
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