Hard Questions: Is Spending Time on Social Media Bad for Us?

Review Your Social Media Timeline to Improve Your Sense of Self-Worth

In an experiment at Cornell, stressed college students randomly assigned to scroll through their own Facebook profiles for five minutes experienced boosts in self-affirmation compared to students who looked at a stranger’s Facebook profile. The researchers believe self-affirmation comes from reminiscing on past…

Jan 6, 2018 1

• self-worth
• social media