• “The more time emerging adults spend on social media, the less time they have to talk about the negative emotional experiences they’re having. In other words, those negative emotions tend to fester. That leads to stress, and that stress in turn leads to problems with mental well-being.”
• “It’s important to remember that, as humans, we are social beings and we need some face-to-face social interaction with our peers. We get mental, social and emotional benefits from that, and it appears we’re not necessarily getting those from social media.”
• “Social media is very isolating. It can be used to connect with other people, but in this study, we found that it can be isolating, and it doesn’t allow us to share our emotions and deal with stress in the ways we need to.”

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