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Facebook’s emotional consequences: Why Facebook causes a decrease in mood and why people still use it
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“However, studies have shown that SMSCF may offset the immediate gratifications from SNS use, thereby being detrimental to emotional health [25].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sagioglou, C., & Greitemeyer, T.
- Affiliations
- Universität Innsbruck (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Sagioglou, Christina
- Venue
- Computers in Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-06
- Volume
- 35
- Pages
- 359-363
- ISSN
- 0747-5632 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2072037113
- Cited by
- 387
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 29 · 2021: 40 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 58 · 2018: 36 · 2017: 30 · 2016: 39 · 2015: 18
- FWCI
- 94.45
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Computers in Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Communication › Digital Media and Philosophy
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Cyberloafing and Workplace Behavior
- Keywords
- Facebook, social media use, mood, emotional impact, meaningfulness, social networking sites
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