The findings showed that increased use of Facebook was closely linked to "compromised social, physical and psychological health", Metro.co.uk reported on Sunday.
‘Spending too much time on Facebook affects your emotional, psychological, and social well-being.’
It also revealed that if users were updating their profiles or liking posts more than average, they were more likely to have mental health issues.
The report appeared in the
American Journal of Epidemiology and was led by UCSD's Assistant Professor of Public Health Holly Shakya and Yale's Nicholas Christakis, who is Director of the University's Human Nature Lab.
Source: IANS
