Oxford Study: No Evidence Facebook Use Is Bad for Mental Health

There’s no evidence of a link between Facebook use and mental health issues, University of Oxford researchers said Wednesday, releasing a 12-year study on nearly a million users across the world. Analysis from the Oxford Internet Institute suggests Facebook use might result in “positive well-being” for users, said professor Andrew Przybylski. The study analyzed polling from nearly 950,000 users in 72 countries across two age groups: 13-34 and older than 35. The data was pulled from a Gallup World Poll Survey. The Huo Family Foundation and Economic and Social Research Council Grant funded the research. The data suggested the association between Facebook use and positive well-being was “slightly more positive” for male users than female ones across all age groups, and well-being was generally more positive for younger age groups across countries, the researchers said.