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The researchers discovered the more often people viewed their own and others' selfies, the lower their level of self-esteem and life satisfaction. 

 According to Penn State researchers in mass communications, frequent viewing of selfies through social network sites like Facebook is linked to a decrease in self-esteem and life satisfaction. 

They discovered the more often people viewed their own and others' selfies, the lower their level of self-esteem and life satisfaction. 

Wang and Fan Yang, graduate student in mass communications, conducted an online survey to collect data on the psychological effects of posting and viewing selfies and groupies. 

"People usually post selfies when they're happy or having fun," said Wang. "This makes it easy for someone else to look at these pictures and think you’re his or her life is not as great as theirs." 

According to the researchers, those participants categorized as having a strong desire to appear popular were even more sensitive to selfie and groupie viewing. In this case, however, Sselfie and groupie viewing behavior increased the self-esteem and life satisfaction for these participants, likely because this activity satisfied the participants' desires to appear popular.