Always envious? Got a non-existent social life and struggle to concentrate? All this might be down to Facebook, if you believe a study showing those who go a week without using the social network feel happier than others.

Carried out by the Happiness Research Institute (HRI), the study involved a sample of 1,095 people in Denmark who were divided into two groups, half of whom continued using Facebook while the others stopped.

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