Mood Improved When College Students Cut Back on Social Media

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By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter

US News and World Report

TUESDAY, June 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Cutting back social media to a spare 30 minutes per day could be the key to reducing anxiety, depression, loneliness and feelings of fear of missing out, researchers say.

That was true for college students in a new study who self-limited social media — often successfully and sometimes squeezing in just a bit more time — for two weeks.

“I think on the one hand, the results are kind of counterintuitive, right? If you talk to many people, they would tell you that social media is how they manage their stress, how they keep themselves entertained, how they stay connected with other people. So, I think the typical perception is that people use social media to cope,” said lead author Ella Faulhaber, a doctoral student in human-computer interaction at Iowa State University.

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