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Furthermore, active social media use significantly buffers this positive association (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      = \u22120.016, 95% confidence interval [\u22120.031, \u22120.001]), whereas passive social media use shows no significant moderating effect (\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      = \u22120.003, 95% confidence interval [\u22120.022, 0.015]).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Greater remote work frequency is associated with increased loneliness, but active social media use attenuates this association while passive use does not. 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