Emotional Uses of Facebook and Twitter: Its Relation With Empathy, Narcissism, and Self-Esteem in Adolescence
Errasti J, Amigo I and Villadangos M. Psychological Reports. Vol 120, Issue 6, pp. 997 – 1018. First Published June 12, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294117713496
Over 500 Spanish adolescents took part in this study that showing that greater Facebook and Twitter use was associated with increased levels of empathy. Narcissism was greater in a subset of participants who used Twitter often and those who expressed their emotions more frequently on Facebook.