Join your Instagram-addicted co-hosts this week as investigate their very obsession with science! In a world where social media has taken over our free time and our minds, Paola and Taylor break down a study that attempts to highlight the whats and whys of Instagram addiction.  Taylor admits her doom scrolling tendencies while Paola shares a study that may provide a little more insight into how personality, self-liking, and internet time can all combine to make you an Instagram addict!  Will you forever at risk of dropping your phone on your forehead because you fell asleep scrolling aimlessly?!  Tune in and find out!

The study we chat about today is called, "Instagram addiction and the Big Five of personality: The mediating role of self-liking" by Kagan Kircaburun and Mark D. Griffiths. You can find the study here: https://doi.org/10.1556/2006.7.2018.15

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