Study: Facebook Can Make People Jealous and Passion

VIVAlife - Do you ever feel jealous and lonely when viewing pictures of a friend's vacation photos on Facebook? If yes, what you experience is a great fit with findings by German scientists.

As reported by Reuters news agency, a study conducted by scientists from the Humboldt University and the Technical University it was found that the merajarela jealousy on the social networking site with over one billion users is. Research reveals, see your holiday photos, love life and career success friends on Facebook can lead to feelings of jealousy and loneliness and misery trigger.
The study was conducted involving 600 participants. As a result, one in three people felt bad after visiting Facebook and dissatisfied with their lives.
"We were surprised by how many people have had negative experiences with Facebook whereby envy makes them feel lonely, frustrated or angry," said researchers from the Institute of Information Systems at Humboldt University, Hanna Krasnova.
Based on the observations of the researchers, some people eventually choose to leave Facebook or at least reduce the use of social networking site Mark Zuckerberg founded it. The study also revealed that the photo is the biggest holiday incidence of hate from Facebook users. More than half of the participants felt jealous of those holiday photos.
Then the second most common cause of envy is the social interaction that occurs on Facebook. For example, the amount received a birthday greeting or the number of likes and comments.
"Following the smoke can trigger painful emotions liver, with the users who are jealous of the happiness of others, how they spend their holidays and bersosialiasi," the researchers said in a report titled Envy on Facebook: A Hidden Threat to Users' Life Satisfaction?.
Furthermore, envy has finally pushed someone brag about their achievements on Facebook just to menggaambarkan that themselves in better shape. The researchers found that people in their mid 30's most likely to feel jealous of a happy family. While women are more jealous of physical attractiveness.
The men tend to show content that promoting yourself so people know of their achievements. While women emphasize their best performances and social life.
The scientists conducted two studies. The first study of the scale, scope and nature of jealousy sparked by Facebook. The second study examined the association with the use of the passive nature of jealousy Facebook and life satisfaction. The results of this research plan will be presented at the conference of information systems in Germany, in February.
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