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Facebook may lower your self-control (view pics)

Facebook and other social networks may promote your self-esteem but they can also lower your self-control both on and offline, US researchers say.The study demonstrates that users who are focused on close friends tend to



Greater social network use among this category of users with strong ties to their friends is also associated with individuals having higher body-mass indexes and higher levels of credit-card debt, according to the study.

"To our knowledge, this is the first research to show that using online social networks can affect self-control," said researcher Andrew T Stephen from the University of Pittsburgh.

"We have demonstrated that using today's most popular social network, Facebook, may have a detrimental affect on people's self-control," Stephen said in a statement.