Teens who have high levels of anxiety and
drink alcohol are more emotionally connected to Facebook, using it as a
platform to connect with others, a new US study has found. Russell
Clayton, a doctoral student at the University of Missouri School of
Journalism, found that anxiety and alcohol use significantly predict
emotional connectedness to Facebook. Clayton's research, conducted
under the supervision of Randall Osborne, Brian Miller, and Crystal
Oberle of Texas State University, surveyed more than 225 college
freshmen students concerning their perceived levels of loneliness,
anxiousness, alcohol use, and marijuana use in the prediction of
emotional connectedness to Facebook. They found that students who
reported higher levels of anxiousness and alcohol use appeared to be
more emotionally connected with the social networking site. Clayton and
his colleagues also found that students who reported higher levels of
loneliness and anxiousness use Facebook as a platform to connect with
others. "People who perceive themselves to be anxious are more likely
to want to meet and connect with people online, as opposed to a more
social, public setting," Clayton said. "Also, when people who are
emotionally connected to Facebook view pictures and statuses of their
Facebook friends using alcohol, they are more motivated to engage in
similar online behaviours in order to fit in socially," he said in a
statement. Clayton said that because alcohol use is generally viewed as
normative, or socially acceptable, among college students, increased
alcohol use may cause an increase in emotional connectedness to
Facebook. The researchers also found that marijuana use predicted the
opposite: a lack of emotional connectedness with Facebook. "Marijuana
use is less normative, meaning fewer people post on Facebook about using
it. In turn, people who engage in marijuana use are less likely to be
emotionally attached to Facebook," said Clayton. Researchers also found
that students who reported high levels of perceived loneliness were not
emotionally connected to Facebook, but use Facebook as a tool to
connect with others. The study was published in the Journal of
Computers in Human Behaviour.
Congress leader Manishankar Aiyar attracted opposition BJP's ire today in Rajya Sabha when he said he was not interested in listening to speech of a BJP member on vote on account, prompting the Chair to adjourn the House amid uproar. During the Zero Hour, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien allowed Aiyar, who wanted to ask a question, to do so, which was opposed by BJP members. Kurien asked Aiyar whether he yielded to allow others to speak, to which he said he had no objection and he can ask his question later. As the House got ready to initiate discussion on Vote on Account, Kurien said, "Let us reduce the discussion to two hours from four hours," which was opposed by BJP members including Piyush Goyal who was given a chance to speak on Vote on Account. When it was agreed that discussion will take place as per schedule, Aiyar remarked he was not interested in listening to the speech by BJP member. "You had given me the chance to ask a question
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