PLAN PROPORSAL INSTRUCTIONS
PSYC 2360 F24
Plan for Research Proposal
Maximum 5 pages whole document should be double spaced
(use only peer review empirical articles)
Topic Name – Impact of social media on young people psychological health and well-being.
(FIND ONLY PEER REVIEWED EMPERICAL ARTICLES and journals.)
PART 1:
1) Introduction:
Please outline your current plan for your research proposal:
7Marks
a)Reason for interest in the topic (i.e., personal)
(Should be Clear and detailed)
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b) Research question(s)
(Question clear, specific to population of interest)
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c)Hypothesis or hypotheses
(Should be explained in detail)
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d)Variables of interest (independent/dependent)
(Be consistent with your terms)
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e)Operational definitions for the identified variables of interest
(Variables are grounded in the specific ways in which they will be measured)
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Hypothesis: The young adults high on use of Social media handle would be high on depression.
Variables:
The focus of this research is on the impact of social media on health of young people. In research, the study will analyse the impact of social media (IV) on the psychological health (DV) of the young people.
Research question:
“What is the impact of social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube on the psychological health and well-being of young adults, particularly with symptoms of depression? ”
Variable of Interest:
Independent Variable (IV): Social Media Usage
Specifically, the use of platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Dependent Variable (DV): Psychological Health and Well-being
Specifically, this will be measured through levels of depression, assessed using the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
Operational definition:
Social media usage (IV) could be operationally defined as “the amount of time spent on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube per day, measured in hours, as reported by participants through a self-reported survey or app-based tracking over a week.”
Psychological health (DV) could be operationally defined as “the level of depressive symptoms as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) score, which ranges from 0 to 63, where higher scores indicate greater levels of depression.”
Methodology
2) Methodology
Please describe how you plan to test your research question:
5 marks
a)Participants
(Very clear and succinct)
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b)Materials
(Very clear)
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c)Procedure
c)- All necessary components present (recruitment, duration, setting, ethics should be written and mentioned in procedure section, compensation…)
Ethics – addresses important ethical considerations for the study (consent, debriefing,
deception, etc.) Step-wise summary of what is needed to run the study from both the perspective of
the researcher and participant, (i.e., instructions given to participants, phases of a session or
trial, concluding remarks to participants).
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Total Part A & B:
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Aim: The aim of this research is to study the impact of social media on psychological health of young people.
Participants : The participants of the study will include young people from 18 to 24 years of age. The sample is 35 young people (N=35). The two tests will be given to the participants and the results will further assist to the research study and provide suggestions for the future research.
The sample of the present investigation comprises of 35 young people (N=35). The age of the participants range from 18 to 24 years. The data was collected through convenient sampling.
Material:
1.Beck Depression Inventory test (BDI-II) was first introduced in 1961 and had been created by Dr. Aaron T. Beck. The test which I will be using is the revised version of 1988. It is a test which consists of 21 question multiple choice self- report inventory, one of the widely used instruments for measuring the severity of depression. The rage of validity was satisfactorily high (alpha >84). Whereas the range of reliability is recorded more than 0.75.
2.RYFF’S Psychological well- being scale is a structured, self- report instruments of psychological well- being. It was a test which was developed by Ryff 1989 and Keyes 1995. The test which I will be using the 18 -item version. It consists of 42 items and measure the six aspects of well -being and happiness autonomy, environmental mastery, personal growth, positive relations with others, purpose in life and self- acceptance. The validity range vary from 0.87 to 0.97. However, the reliability varies
from 0.78 to .97.
The people who were high on the use of social media were using different types of and the people were screened out as the primary data for research. Further, Beck- Depression Inventory Test was administered on them. In addition, those who were high on BDI were only kept for research and then the next test was administered on them and the rest were screened out from the primary data.
Procedure: In research, two measures were used which evaluate the impact of social media on young people psychological health and well -being by using Beck Depression Inventory (BDI – II) and RYFF’S psychological well- being scale. Testing was performed by keeping in mind the proper psychological conditions. The participants were then given the instructions about the study in detail and were asked for their consent in physical mode on campus at university of Delhi. Later, they also approved to be a part of the study in the Google Forms. After the responses were collected, then the scores were analysed using the (SPSS) and the correlation method between the variables were examined and accordingly, the conclusions of the study are made.
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Methodology:
My study follows a correlational design and also includes a thematic analysis.
Participants will include 60 heterosexual couples aged 18-25, who have been in a relationship for
a minimum of 1 year.
Three different study materials will be used. The first is the Perceived Relationship Quality Component (PRQC), which will asses’ relationship quality on a 7-point Likert-type scale. The scale is composed of 6 categories; relationship satisfaction, commitment, intimacy, trust, passion, and love (PRQC; Fletcher, Simpson, & Thomas, 2000). The inventory consists of 18 questions, of which three questions assess each relationship quality component. The next component, the Contour Drawing Rating Scale (CDRS), will be used to asses’ body satisfaction.
This scale consists of 9 male and 9 female front-view contour drawings with clearly defined face
and bodily features (CDRS; Thompson & Gray, 1995). There will be three body satisfaction
scores; own body satisfaction, perceptions of significant others satisfaction, and significant
others actual satisfaction. A score above 0 on this scale indicates satisfaction, a negative score
indicates a desire to be thinner, and a positive score indicates a desire to be heavier (Markey &Markey, 2006). There will also be one short answer question directly relating relationship quality and body satisfaction; “How do you feel about your relationship and the influence it has on your body image?” This thematic analysis will help me to gain a more in-depth understanding of the connection between body satisfaction and relationship quality from each individual. I will then attempt to see if any patterns arise between participant’s responses.
Participants will be recruited from the University Guelph as well as Wilfred Laurier
University. The study will take approximately 90 minutes in which participants will complete the
measures used in the study. They will be required to come into the lab with their significant
other, but will be placed in separate rooms while completing the measures. Participants will complete an informed consent form before gaining access to the study measures. They will first complete the PRQC, followed by the CDRS, and will finish with the qualitative short answer
component. Each student will be compensated with $20 for their participation.
Part 3 & 4 can be completed in point form :
*Part 3 & 4 can be completed in point form:
PART – 3) Please provide a list of three related peer reviewed journal articles
*APA 7 OWL PURDE referencing is required, AS WELL AS please STRICLTY follow the following format: Author(s) names, date of publication, title of article, and publishing journal (0.25 marks per component)
3 marks
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PART – 4) Provide a brief summary for each article indicating:
*4- 5 sentences per question, point form allowed
9 marks
Articles ( 1-3)
a)What did they do?
AFTER telling what did they do explain them properly in 4-5 sentence.
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b)What did they find?
After telling what did they find? Explain them properly in 4-5 sentence.
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c)What does it mean, i.e., relevance to your proposal?
After telling What does it mean, i.e., relevance to your proposal? Explain in detail how it relevance to proposal in 4-5 sentence.
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Total Part C & D:
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EXAMPLES:
Article
What they did
What they found
Relevance to proposal
Reference
Body Image and Disordered
Eating in Romantic
Relationships
– Study explored relations between eating, weight, and shape concerns and romantic relationships in college student couples
-Men’s desired change in their partners’ bodies and men’s relationship functioning
predicted change in women’s eating, weight, and shape concerns
-Helped to form hypothesis
-Link between relationship functioning and women’s body concerns
Morrison, K., Doss,
B., & Marisol, P.
(2009). Body Image and Disordered
Eating in Romantic Relationships.
Journal of Social
and Clinical
Psychology, 28(3),
281-306.
Body image and the role of romantic relationships
– Study examined whether self-evaluative and motivational investment in appearance, overweight preoccupation, and body satisfaction differ between men and women who were involved (or not) in a romantic relationship
-Single men and women were more dissatisfied with their overall appearance than romantically involved adults
-The type of relationship and its functioning are important aspects related to body image
-Gave insight as to how relationships can positively affect body image
-Men and women were evaluated using the same measures, led me to do this for my procedure
Laus. M., Almedia.
S., & Kles. L.
(2018). Body image and the role of romantic relationships.
Cogent
Psychology, 5(1).
Relationships Between Body Image, Sexual Satisfaction, and
Relationship Quality in Romantic Couples|
– Study examined associations between body image, sexual satisfaction, and perceived romantic relationship quality in romantic couples with a dyadic approach
– More positive body image was linked to higher perceived romantic relationship quality through greater sexual satisfaction
-Decision to focus on relationship quality
-Study used the Perceived
Relationship
Quality
Components
Inventory (PRQC), I chose this as one of my measures
van de Brink, F., Vollmann. M.,
Smeets M., Hessen,
D., & Weetman. L.
(2018).
Relationships
Between Body Image, Sexual Satisfaction, and Relationship Quality in Romantic Couples. Journal of Family Psychology,
32(4), 466-474.
Romantic
Relationships and Body Satisfaction
Among Young Women
-Study examined young women’s satisfaction with their own bodies, their perceptions of their significant others’ satisfaction with their bodies, and their significant others’ actual satisfaction with their bodies
-Females were more dissatisfied with their bodies than their significant others actually were
-Used the Contour
Drawing Rating
Scale (CDRS)
-Procedure included
college students, influenced my choice of population
Markey, C., &
Markey, P. (2006).
Romantic
Relationships and Body Satisfaction
Among Young Women, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35(2),
271-279.
Understanding
Men’s Body Image in the Context of
Their Romantic Relationships
-Study examined men’s body image in the context of their romantic relationships
-Assessed men’s body image, perceptions of men’s weight change, relationship length,
– Men more likely to be satisfied with their bodies when they perceived their partners to be, when their partners actually were satisfied with their bodies, and when they perceived themselves to have gained relatively
-Also used the Contour Drawing
Rating Scale
(CDRS), confirmed that this is best way to assess body image
-Led me to place an emphasis on men’s body image in my study
Goins, L., Markey,
C., Gillen, M.
(2012).
Understanding
Men’s Body Image in the Context of Their Romantic
Relationships,
American Journal of Men’s Health, 6(3).
240-248.
and sexual intimacy
little weight
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