Addiction Leads To Envy: Look What Facebook Leads You To

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oi-Staff

By Staff

Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 10:35

It was inevitable, and it had to happen. Study shows that college students who spend most of their time on Facebook are more likely to feel jealous toward their romantic partners, which later traps them into a vicious cycle of envy.

And what's more interesting, is that it doesn't stop here either. These kind of tendencies leads students to spend more time on Facebook as they search for additional information that will further fuel their jealousy, in an escalating cycle that may become addictive.

Researchers have found that these students who spent time on social networking sites, such as Facebook, may be exposed to information about their partners that makes them jealous, leading them to spend more time involved in online surveillance and to uncover even more jealousy-provoking information.

The study has described a vicious cycle in which Facebook use and feelings of jealousy become intertwined, and have a negative influence on behaviour and relationships. Needless to say, some participants in the study described their increasing use of Facebook as 'addictive'.

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