A new German study has found that social media can lead to stress, unhappiness and low life satisfaction among certain people. The researchers reported that this negative feeling was observed among people with a materialistic mindset, who usually associate their happiness with material goods. The findings were published in the journal Telematics and Informatics Reports on Friday.
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London, January 21 (IANS) The use of social media is associated with risks, especially for people with a highly materialistic mindset, as scrolling down content posted by others can increase stress and unhappiness in such users, say researchers.