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Why Being Unfriended on Facebook Hurts [STUDY]
When 13-year-old Ben, an eighth grader, logs onto Facebook and finds out he's been unfriended, it makes him sad. It's not only that he may have been close to the person -- sometimes he was -- but because Facebook holds a stake in our everyday life, it's part of our identity.
According to a study published this summer, the more you're on Facebook the more emotional ties you have to different interactions on the social platform. Jennifer Bevan, a professor at Chapman University in California, authored the study on negative emotional responses to being unfriended along with some of her undergraduate students, two of whom are listed as co-authors.
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