Melbourne: Writing on Facebook makes users reflect upon their action, helping them understand and improve themselves, a new study has found.

Social networking sites can be a form of self-therapy, said researchers from Queensland University of Technology in Australia.

"Social networking sites invite people constantly to share their thoughts and actions with others, confess their wrongdoings and highlight their achievements," said Dr Theresa Sauter of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) at QUT.

"This turns these sites into tools for self-reflection. It's like keeping a diary, but it's more public, frequent and up-to-date. For users, it can become a therapeutic tool that helps them to discover how they feel and how they can improve themselves," Sauter said.

By posting about achievements, from cooking a good meal to being successful at work, users show that they are doing well in their day-to-day lives, the study said.

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