Researchers at the University of Bath report in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking a very simple experiment they conducted: The researchers recruited 154 volunteers, with an average age of 29.6 years, who were randomly assigned to stop using social media. (mainly Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok) for one week in the intervention group and the control group without any requirements. After a week, the intervention group was significantly better than the control group on measures of well-being, depression and anxiety. The researchers further found that reducing time spent on Twitter and TikTok resulted in small improvements in depression and anxiety, while giving up social media altogether had the greatest effect .
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