Active Relative to Passive Social-Media Usage Leads to Procrastination Resulting in Impaired Academic Performance and Well-Being: Novel Insights from a Self-Control Perspective.

Utilizing a self-control perspective we show that in an exam preparation context, manipulated active relative to passive Facebook/Instagram usage leads to higher procrastinatory usage, resulting in impaired academic performance and well-being. Providing a mechanism, we show that the maladaptive consequences of active usage are eliminated when feedback opportunities are blocked.