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Facebook Enhances Self-Esteem, Study Finds

By Adoree Durayappah, MAPP on March 17, 2011 in Thriving101

Feeling down in the dumps and want to feel better? Log into Facebook and view your profile. Want to feel even better? Try editing your profile. A new study published in the February issue of Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking found that viewing and editing your Facebook profile could boost your self-esteem. Read More

Really, really fascinating

Submitted by Steven on March 17, 2011 - 11:08am.

Really, really fascinating stuff. Great article + research.

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I wonder how this would jive

Submitted by Andrea on March 19, 2011 - 6:44pm.

I wonder how this would jive with a recent article published by slate re: facebook's ability to make us feel the opposite http://www.slate.com/id/2282620/
i found this particularly interesting as well

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Adoree Durayappah is a graduate student at the UPENN Master of Positive Psychology Program. She works at the Hedonic Lab under Daniel Gilbert at Harvard University.

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