IThoughItWouldBeEasy t1_iurgngd wrote on November 2, 2022 at 2:16 PM Reply to comment by wintermute93 in Mothers who spend more time on social media sites about motherhood experience higher stress hormone levels, study finds by chrisdh79 If you read their paper, you will see that the paper establishes correlation - not causation - between social comparison and cortisol, and never really discusses the counterfactual. Permalink Parent 1
IThoughItWouldBeEasy t1_iurgngd wrote
Reply to comment by wintermute93 in Mothers who spend more time on social media sites about motherhood experience higher stress hormone levels, study finds by chrisdh79
If you read their paper, you will see that the paper establishes correlation - not causation - between social comparison and cortisol, and never really discusses the counterfactual.