Authentic self-expression on social media is associated with greater subjective well-being

It is often tempting for social media users to present themselves in an idealized way. Here, based on analyses of a large set of Facebook profiles together with a longitudinal experiment, the authors find evidence that more authentic self-expression may be psychologically beneficial, as it is relate...

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Autores principales: Erica R. Bailey, Sandra C. Matz, Wu Youyou, Sheena S. Iyengar
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f0311e5d5abd44b8833222bc3580802f2021-12-02T18:01:42ZAuthentic self-expression on social media is associated with greater subjective well-being10.1038/s41467-020-18539-w2041-1723https://doaj.org/article/f0311e5d5abd44b8833222bc3580802f2020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18539-whttps://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723It is often tempting for social media users to present themselves in an idealized way. Here, based on analyses of a large set of Facebook profiles together with a longitudinal experiment, the authors find evidence that more authentic self-expression may be psychologically beneficial, as it is related to greater well-being.Erica R. BaileySandra C. MatzWu YouyouSheena S. IyengarNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2020)
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Authentic self-expression on social media is associated with greater subjective well-being
description It is often tempting for social media users to present themselves in an idealized way. Here, based on analyses of a large set of Facebook profiles together with a longitudinal experiment, the authors find evidence that more authentic self-expression may be psychologically beneficial, as it is related to greater well-being.
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