Passive facebook usage undermines affective well-being: Experimental and longitudinal evidence

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 480-488

  Verduyn, Philippe ^a   Lee, David Seungjae ^b   Park, Jiyoung ^b   Shablack, Holly ^b   Orvell, Ariana ^b   Bayer, Joseph ^b   Ybarra, Oscar ^b   Jonides, John ^b   Kross, Ethan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Envy; Facebook; Online social networks; Social support; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926419254     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xge0000057     Document Type: Article

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