According to a new research, using social networking channels such as Facebook could be a reason of unhappiness among different societies. Psychologists have recently claimed that the number one social networking site Facebook is one of the major reasons of declines in well being of its users.
As per the recent claims, nowadays people spend incredible amount of time using Facebook, leading not only to unhappiness but also to mental illness. On the other hand talking with friends via telephone or meeting them in person can lead to a greater level of pleasure.
“On the surface, Facebook provides an invaluable resource for fulfilling the basic human need for social connection,” said study leader Dr Ethan Kross, from University of Michigan in the US. “But rather than enhance well-being, we found that Facebook use predicts the opposite result – it undermines it.”
The research was conducted to measure thinking, feeling, and behavior of 82 young adults in their day-to-day lives. All of them had a smartphone and Facebook account. They were judged for two weeks by sending questions at five random times each day.
For this purpose the “experiencing sampling” technique was used as this was the only reliable way of measuring the day-to-day lives of these 82 people. Different questions are asked at different times, which include “What is their feeling right now?”, “Are they worried or lonely?”, “To what extent they have been using Facebook for interacting with their friends?” and “To what extent they interact with them directly or on the phone?”
The researchers in their online journal Public Library of Science ONE said that participants who were strongly associated with Facebook had a greater loss of well being. Also, the volunteers were asked to check the level of life satisfaction at the start and at the end of the study. The satisfaction level over the period of two weeks was found to be in a decline as the use of Facebook increases.
“This is a result of critical importance because it goes to the very heart of the influence that social networks may have on people’s lives,” said University of Michigan neuroscientist and co-author Dr John Jonides.
Many people did not like to use Facebook when they felt really bad, said the researchers.
“It was not the case that Facebook use served as a proxy for feeling bad or lonely,” said Kross.
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