Day 333: One thing I learned today…
A study conducted in 2018 by University of Pennsylvania split undergraduate college students into two groups and had one group limit their social media use to 10 minutes per day for 3 weeks. Guess what…that group reported significant reductions in feelings of loneliness and depression.
Source: Hunt, Melissa & Young, Jordyn & Marx, Rachel & Lipson, Courtney. (2018). No More FOMO: Limiting Social Media Decreases Loneliness and Depression. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 37. 751-768. 10.1521/jscp.2018.37.10.751.
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