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Forum users please take part: Expressions and wellbeing study

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‘Effects of expressing views, opinions and emotions in internet forums on wellbeing’

Please could you take part in a study exploring how expressing views, opinions and emotions in forums can affect wellbeing? This study is being conducted by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University. The purpose of this study is to explore how expressing views, opinions and emotions and other factors influence changes in wellbeing, with the expectation that forum use leads to heightened wellbeing.

This study will take very little of your time and you can continue to use the forum as you would in any case. You would be asked to complete a short survey at the start of the study, which you can begin at any time, and another 1 month later. The initial survey is estimated to take around 20 minutes to complete. To explore how different expressions affect wellbeing, your posts during this time would also be analysed anonymously to identify opinions expressed and emotional words, how often they appear and how positive or negative they are, but you are not obligated to post anything and you can use the site as if you were not involved in a study, and you can also withdraw at any time. The results of the study will be written up as a journal article with the intention of publication in a relevant journal.

Remember that none of the information you provide will be connected back to you. All survey responses are kept confidential. Your name is never stored with the data or with any other information you provide. The information in the study records will be kept confidential. No one will see your responses except for the researchers.

To participate, please click on the link below to be directed to a secure online questionnaire site.

Click here to take Questionnaire 1

If you have any questions about participating in this study, please contact the researchers below.

Thanks for your willingness to participate!

Brett Pagdin
Sheffield Hallam University


Katie Cutts
Sheffield Hallam University

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Thanks,

Brett
 
Just one question.

Should any study have an expectation of a certain outcome? That is likely to skew the results is it not?

(ok that's two questions!)

Andy 🙂
 
Well, that was a bit umm, odd. But I've done it.
 
Yes it's entirely different from the average Survey Monkey, isn't it?

Highly subjective of course!

A bit like asking someone, 'Are you nice?' LOL
 
Survey complete.
 
But being OBjective for a minute, when I first came into diabetes forums I was at the all-time lowest low I've ever been.

So after 28 days there WAS quite an improvement in my feeling of well-being.

These days being a Moderator on another forum and a regular visitor here, more than some of my visits are just habit, but I usually find something interesting or amusing and very often, things I can't help myself but to respond to. It's like circulating at a party, you'll always find someone interesting to talk to in any group.

This is a condition we are never gonna solve 100% on our own, isn't it? So it's nice to have the back-up of people like us, in the hope they'll help us again when we need em to. It would be a bit unfair to rely on that back-up unless you keep in touch with folk is, I spose, how I see it.

Interesting!
 
All filled in, a little different to a normal "Cheeky Monkey" servey. Worth doing
 
Thanks for your participation and responses. Trophywench that was particularly interesting thanks. I still need some more responses so please take part if you haven't already. Expecting a result can skew results particularly qualitative studies, but this one uses existing questions on wellbeing that have been used in research already, so it shouldn't lead to skewed results. I do a 'reliability' check on each section too as part of the study after the results are in. It will be very interesting I hope🙂. Thanks again!

Brett
 
Second wave

Hi,

Thanks to those that have taken part so far. I'll be looking at closing the survey in a week or so but I still need a few more reponses, if anyone can spread the word that would be much appreciated.

Many thanks, and the comments have also been very insightful.

Brett 🙂
 
Well... I've just completed it.
 
Responses and feedback

There are opportunities to leave feedback on the study at the end of the second survey, but please feel free to provide and comments and feedback here, it is all very useful. Thank you to those who have participated and if you have yet to do so please follow the link above.

Many thanks,

Brett 🙂
 
Don't join fora (?) as a rule, self. Started online like lamb to slaughter in late nineties. Would need very long questionnaire to cover first experiences until wised up and wondered why getting stressed by typed words on a screen. 🙂 Now only post on technical sites for info then b***** off back into shell ... this forum wasn't exactly a voluntary membership thingy. 🙄 But needs must, and the inmates seem friendly ... so far. 😉 An angst shared and all that. :D
 
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