In an age where social media promises to connect us, a Baylor University study reveals a sobering paradox—the more time we ...

Both passive (browsing) and active (posting, engaging) social media use are linked to increased loneliness, challenging ...

(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) Both passive and active social media use have been linked with increased feelings of loneliness over time, report researchers. The team investigated how ...

How You Use Social Media Matters Interestingly, the studies emphasized how social media is used as a critical indicator of loneliness and social anxiety. Both studies found that passive use ...

The team investigated how social media use impacts loneliness over time and examined the hidden emotional costs of social media. The eye-opening research by Baylor University, published in the ...

"The Epidemic of Loneliness: A Nine-Year Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Passive and Active Social Media Use on Loneliness" investigated how social media use impacts loneliness over time. This eye ...

In an age where social media promises to connect us, a new Baylor University study reveals a sobering paradox – the more time we spend interacting online, the lonelier we may feel.

The analysis also included depression and anxiety metrics to account for overlapping psychological symptoms. Social media use was categorized based on frequency: never, less than once per week ...