{"id":11033,"date":"2013-02-25T16:45:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T21:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/?p=11033"},"modified":"2013-02-26T04:05:20","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T09:05:20","slug":"study-examines-benefits-of-facebook-in-maintaining-social-capital-well-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2013\/02\/study-examines-benefits-of-facebook-in-maintaining-social-capital-well-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Study examines benefits of Facebook in maintaining social capital, well-being"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Taylor &amp; Francis press release via AlphaGalileo:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10543\" alt=\"tablet computer\" src=\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/tablet_computer.jpg\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" \/><strong>Intense Facebook usage is found to have a positive effect on psychological well-being<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>A recent study in <em>Behaviour &amp; Information Technology<\/em> investigated the role Facebook use plays in the creation or maintenance of social capital among 800 students from 7 universities in South Africa. <strong>Empirical research has linked social capital to many positives in society, such as improved mental and physical health and economic well-being<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The study suggests <strong>a strong association between the intensity of Facebook use and perceived bridging, bonding and maintaining of social capital<\/strong>. Facebook usage was also found to interact with measures of psychological well-being, suggesting that it might be beneficial to students experiencing low self-esteem and low life satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article online: http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/0144929X.2010.550063<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Social capital: the benefit of Facebook \u2018friends\u2019\u2019 features in a recent issue of <em>Behaviour &amp; Information Technology<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Taylor &amp; Francis press release via AlphaGalileo: Intense Facebook usage is found to have a positive effect on psychological well-being. A recent study in Behaviour &amp; Information Technology&#8230; <a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/2013\/02\/study-examines-benefits-of-facebook-in-maintaining-social-capital-well-being\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,7],"tags":[165,12,167,98,166,186,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11033"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11110,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11033\/revisions\/11110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}