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Cyber hassles are a contemporary and developing source of stress that emerge from interactions on social media. This modern form of daily annoyance can have tangible physiological and psychological effects. For example, one study found that stress from social media was linked to sleep deprivation in adolescents, likely because dwelling on these online issues triggered a physiological stress response that increased arousal.

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An anonymous online user leaves a mildly critical but not abusive comment on a teenager's social media post. The teenager finds themselves thinking about the comment repeatedly for the rest of the evening, making it difficult to fall asleep. Which of the following statements best evaluates the psychological significance of this event?

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