Taking a Short Break from Instagram: The Effects on Subjective Well-Being

@article{Fioravanti2019TakingAS,
  title={Taking a Short Break from Instagram: The Effects on Subjective Well-Being},
  author={Giulia Fioravanti and Alfonso Prostamo and Silvia Casale},
  journal={Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking},
  year={2019},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:209416899}
}
It was found that women who quitted Ig reported significantly higher levels of life satisfaction and positive affect than women who kept using it, and no significant effects were found among men.
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