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While social networks can be a positive way to interact with friends and family, it can also cause loneliness and depression in teens.
Merely being alone does not cause loneliness, as its roots are in the attitude or belief that somehow the "world is having a party" and you were not invited.
With respect to the elderly, a discrepancy between the social network and the need for social contact may cause loneliness [ 13- 16].
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