Cutting back on social media reduces anxiety, depression, loneliness

3 years ago by fossilesque to c/science

Researchers found college students who tried to cut their social media use to 30 minutes per day scored significantly lower for anxiety, depression, loneliness and fear of missing out at the end of the two-week experiment and when compared to the control group.
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