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Facebook Has Negative Impact On Self-esteem

Thursday, 21 June 2012 14:41

Results of recent research conducted by three independent teams of psychologists show that Facebook can adversely affect the mental health. While on the one hand adding friends on social networks make people happy because of a sense of connection with other people, at the same time, many friends, even virtual, leads us feel bad at the thought of our own life.

At first sight, conclusion of Psychologists does not seem logical, but connecting with other people in a way that is possible through Facebook brings us to the situation of social competition and forces us to compare with other people.

Facebook itself is harmless, but it is a place where people can show signs of self-destructive behavior whether it is about discovering our own weaknesses or comparison with the successes of others.

Psychologists at one Institute in Europe analyzed the responses of Facebook users about the status announcement on the social network. Users with a large number of Facebook friends, when asked what they think about their lives and their successes, they gave themselves lower grades if they saw status of a friend on Facebook compared to those who have not recently visited Facebook. Those who do not have many Facebook friends have no problem with the feelings caused by status updates. Although the News Feed of Facebook users who have many friends is a parade of good news, and many are aware of it, however, news such as engagement, wedding, news of birth of a child can make you feel bad at the thought of your life's achievements, saying psychologists.

Another study is conducted by the researchers on one University in USA who have tried to find a relationship between depressive symptoms and time spent on Facebook. This does not mean that Facebook is responsible for depression, researchers say, but the feeling of depression and lot of time spent on Facebook go hand in hand for some reason. The study of this team has shown that young men tend to compare with other people. Facebook is the new place for that what men often do outside the digital world – compare themselves with others and compete. And this competition is the cause why male Facebook users sometimes feel depressed.

The third group of researchers studied publication of statuses from another point of view. Many Facebook users are using status publication as an opportunity to grieve.People with low self-esteem perceive Facebook as a place where it is easier to express than what would be the case with communication face to face. And that can lead to loss of friends who are moving away from such people. Participants in the survey were asked to say which status announcement they like more, one that carries a positive message or another one that contains bad news. It is not surprising that the respondents preferred a positive message. The researchers noted the following - when a person with high self-esteem, who is normally positive, publish atypical status that is negative, this person will get more responses to it, probably because friends are concerned about the behavior that is atypical for a person they know as optimistic. On the other hand, negative status of the person who is negative will receive small number of comments. The researchers explain this as depletion of friends with constant regret.