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Stop met Facebook, verlaag je cortisol
Als Facebookgebruikers het sociale medium de rug toekeren, maakt hun lichaam prompt minder cortisol aan. Het dagelijkse gebruik van het o zo verslavende Facebook brengt een niet te miskennen hoeveelheid stress met zich mee, ontdekten Australische psychologen.
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"Taking short breaks from Facebook could be beneficial to one's health, as any prolonged stress could contribute to mental and physical disorders. Precisely how long the breaks should be, how often they should occur, and when they might become too long, are questions that could not be addressed by our research."
"However, given that it is already known that 'too much' Facebook can reduce one's feelings of well-being [PLoS One. 2013 Aug 14;8(8):e69841.] and increase negative mood via social comparison [Computers in Human Behavior (2014) 35:359–63.] the added knowledge that taking a break can reduce one's physiological stress might cause the typical Facebook user to consider whether he or she might indeed benefit from a Facebook vacation, even though it risks feelings of being socially disconnected."
"As Facebook has quickly become a permanent fixture in everyday social life, addressing questions about people's use of such online platforms should help us more fully understand how our evolutionary 'old' brains are coping with such rapidly developing social networks."
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