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Loneliness Remedy in Facebook

by Savitha C Muppala on Jan 10 2013 11:59 PM

If you are feeling lonely, there might be a remedy online in something as simple as updating a status message on Facebook.

 Loneliness Remedy in Facebook
If you are feeling lonely, there might be a remedy online in something as simple as updating a status message on Facebook.
A recent study says that frequently updating your Facebook status can help you feel less lonely.

College students who posted more status updates over the course of a week even if nobody liked or commented on their posts, were found to be emotionally better off than their lonely counterparts.

The study involved participants filling questionnaires about their levels of happiness, depression, loneliness and researchers had access to their Facebook profiles. The study found that those who updated their status on FB felt less lonely over the week.

"Their happiness and depression levels went unchanged, suggesting that the effect is specific to experienced loneliness," the researchers wrote.

The study found that there was a dip in loneliness levels when people were socially connected. This was also not dependant on any comments or "Likes" from Facebook friends for status messages.



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