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Do not fill this in! === Mental and emotional health === {{See also|Social media and suicide}} Studies have associated social networks with positive<ref>{{Cite journal| doi=10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00367.x|title = The Benefits of Facebook "Friends:" Social Capital and College Students' Use of Online Social Network Sites| journal=Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication| volume=12| issue=4| pages=1143–1168|year = 2007|last1 = Ellison|first1 = Nicole B.| last2=Steinfield| first2=Charles| last3=Lampe| first3=Cliff| doi-access=free}}</ref> and negative impacts<ref>{{cite web|last=Marche|first=Stephen|title=Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?|url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/8930/|work=[[The Atlantic]]|date=May 2012 |accessdate=December 3, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531223919/http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/is-facebook-making-us-lonely/8930/|archivedate= May 31, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Maria|last=Konnikova|title=How Facebook Makes Us Unhappy|url=https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-facebook-makes-us-unhappy|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|publisher=Condé Nast|date=September 10, 2013|access-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Grace|last=Dent|title=Social media is full of sad, lonely people pretending they're OK and perfectly fine attention-seekers pretending to be sad|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/facebook-instagram-twitter-social-media-makes-sad-lonely-attention-seekers-a7614396.html|website=The Independent|date=March 6, 2017|access-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Alexandra|last=Sifferlin|title=Why Facebook Makes You Feel Bad About Yourself|url=http://healthland.time.com/2013/01/24/why-facebook-makes-you-feel-bad-about-yourself/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=January 24, 2013|access-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Katherine|last=Hobson|title=Feeling Lonely? Too Much Time On Social Media May Be Why|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/06/518362255/feeling-lonely-too-much-time-on-social-media-may-be-why|website=[[NPR]]|date=March 6, 2017|access-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref> on emotional health. Studies have associated Facebook with feelings of [[envy]], often triggered by vacation and holiday photos. Other triggers include posts by friends about family happiness and images of physical beauty—such feelings leave people dissatisfied with their own lives. A joint study by two German universities discovered that one out of three people were more dissatisfied with their lives after visiting Facebook,<ref>{{cite web|first=Belinda|last=Goldsmith|title=RPT-Is Facebook envy making you miserable?|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/facebook-envy-idUSL6N0AR8D820130122|website=[[Reuters]]|publisher=Thomson Reuters|date=January 22, 2013|access-date=July 13, 2017}}</ref><ref name="CNN studies" /> and another study by [[Utah Valley University]] found that college students felt worse about themselves following an increase in time on Facebook.<ref name="CNN studies">{{cite web|first=Heather|last=Kelly|title=Study: Using Facebook can make you sad|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/15/tech/social-media/study-facebook-blues/index.html|website=CNN|date=August 15, 2013|access-date=July 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Flacy|title=Study: Why Facebook is making people sad|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/study-why-facebook-is-making-people-sad/|website=[[Digital Trends]]|date=January 22, 2012|access-date=July 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Wendy|last=Sachs|title=Facebook Envy: How Cruising Can Kill Self Esteem|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/wendy-sachs/facebook_b_1262681.html|website=[[HuffPost]]|publisher=[[AOL]]|date=February 8, 2012|access-date=July 13, 2017}}</ref> Professor Larry D. Rosen stated that teenagers on Facebook exhibit more narcissistic tendencies, while young adults show signs of antisocial behavior, [[mania]] and aggressiveness. Positive effects include signs of "virtual empathy" with online friends and helping introverted persons learn social skills.<ref>{{cite web|first=Ysolt|last=Usigan|title=Facebook makes teens narcissistic, anxious and depressed – but also nice, social and engaged|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-makes-teens-narcissistic-anxious-and-depressed-but-also-nice-social-and-engaged/|website=CBS News|publisher=[[CBS]]|date=August 29, 2011|access-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref> A 2020 experimental study in the ''American Economic Review'' found that deactivating Facebook led to increased subjective well-being.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Allcott|first1=Hunt|last2=Braghieri|first2=Luca|last3=Eichmeyer|first3=Sarah|last4=Gentzkow|first4=Matthew|date=2020|title=The Welfare Effects of Social Media|journal=American Economic Review|language=en|volume=110|issue=3|pages=629–676|doi=10.1257/aer.20190658|issn=0002-8282|doi-access=free|url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w25514.pdf}}</ref> In a blog post in December 2017, the company highlighted research that has shown "passively consuming" the [[News Feed]], as in reading but not interacting, left users with negative feelings, whereas interacting with messages pointed to improvements in well-being.<ref>{{cite web|first=Casey|last=Newton|title=Facebook says 'passively consuming' the News Feed will make you feel worse about yourself|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/15/16781448/facebook-makes-you-feel-bad-study-research|website=[[The Verge]]|publisher=[[Vox Media]]|date=December 15, 2017|access-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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