Cutting social media ‘reduces anxiety, depression and loneliness’
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By Deborah Johnson
Reducing social media use can reduce anxiety, depression and loneliness, a new study has revealed.
With mental health being a huge and growing issue within healthcare, particularly among the younger population, interventions which could help to support this are increasingly being sought.
And in a new study, limiting social media use to 30 minutes a day was found to have significant psychological benefits.
Iowa State University researchers carried out a two-week study with 230 college students, half of whom were asked to limit their social media usage to 30 minutes a day and received automated, daily reminders.
They scored significantly lower for anxiety, depression, loneliness and fear of missing out at the end of the experiment, compared to the control group.
They also scored higher for ‘positive affect’, which the researchers describe as ‘the tendency to experience positive emotions described with words such as ”excited” and “proud”.’
‘It surprised me to fin...
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