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Can too many selfies cause "selfitis?"

Published December 15, 2017
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ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Can too many selfies cause "selfitis?"

The term popped up as a hoax a couple of years ago, but a new study in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction found that there may be something to it.

Researchers studied the selfie habits of 200 people and found for some that taking and sharing selfies had become a chronic and even uncontrollable habit.

Fox 35's Brian Scott has the story.

Read the full article: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11469-017-9844-x.pdf

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