New research published in the Journal of American College Health investigated the relationship of sad-fishing to attachment style as well...
When it comes to reading news stories on social media, new psychology findings suggest that people pay more attention to...
Social media is a very prevalent mode of communication, especially among young people, but it comes with significant pitfalls. A...
Two analyses of Twitter posts showed that liberals produced more tweets about important social events, but that conservatives were much...
New research from Flinders University in Australia finds that TikTok "fitspiration" videos increased women's tendency to compare their appearance with...
A recent series of studies showed that sharing content online, even when the person did not read it, increases subjective...
A recent survey of students in Italy found that smartphone addiction and online compulsive buying are related. Additionally, the mental...
New research provides evidence that people who have been "phubbed" by their romantic partner are more likely to snoop on...
Journalist tend to rely on rapid, low-effort cognitive processes when posting content to the social media website Twitter, according to...
In a new article published in the journal Body Image, a team of psychology researchers outline a mountain of evidence linking...
A new study has found that teenagers have a hard time discerning between fake and true health messages. Only 48%...
Many people turn to the internet for health-related information. Adolescents tend to seek information about healthy lifestyles (fitness, diet, sexual...
The addictive-like use of social networking sites like Facebook might be a risk factor for impaired sexual function, according to...
Increased engagement with politics on social media predicts future decreases in racial resentment among liberals in the United States, according...
TikTok videos portraying symptoms of Tourette syndrome may be misleading to viewers, according to a study published in the journal Pediatric...
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