Study Oh et al. (2014): study US Michigan 2014

Public

Internet users, Michigan, USA, 2014

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 339

Non Response

Assessment

Diary
Respondents were given a diary survey booklet and asked to record their first session of SNS use each evening over a 5-day period(Sunday-Thursday). The title page of the booklet included a brief introduction about the study including the purpose of the survey and general instructions for keeping the diary. The second page then contained questions about participants’ general SNS use and detailed instructions on how to respond to the questions about their SNS use and feelings after their SNS session on each day.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Companionship on social media

Our Classification

Operationalization

Selfreport on 3 items:
a "No one I know would throw a birthday party for me"
b "Most people I know don’t enjoy the same things that I do"
c "I feel that I’m on the fringe in my circle of friends"
7 definitely true
.
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1 definitely false

Observed Relation with Happiness