Looking for participants!

[lana_psychology@ntu]

Hi everyone, I am a psychology student at Nottingham Trent University currently research Facebook use, friendships and happiness in adults on the autism spectrum. I need participants for my 5-10 minute questionnaire. If you use Facebook and have a spectrum disorder you are able to answer the questionnaire. The link is below
https://ntupsychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6Rwc2wlSGHk3u4d

 

[lana_psychology@ntu]

Its completely anonymous too!

 

[Monachopia]

It's a nice idea, I hope your study goes well!
I'm already stuck though, I don't have friends. xD

Question: Facebook *only* friends (i.e. mostly online - someone who lives abroad for example) or people we know in real life that happen to use Facebook too?

 

[lana_psychology@ntu]

Thank you for you kind words!
It is based on Facebook users and the friends they interact with online via Facebook. The friends can be people you already know and are friends on Facebook or they can be a completely online friend. I hope this helps.

 

[Ken S.]

I personally don't use facebook. I used it for about 45 days over three years ago and found most people on it superficial and fake at best. However if you do any other studies in the future that are not based on the main social media outlets I would happily take part in one or more of them.

 

[Ginseng]

You should do a study on self dx autism vs dr. Dx Autism. I think that would be interesting.

 

[Tom]

Such things are normally very private to me. I protect my friends with ironclad confidentiality. They just might be loosened however, if one receives complimentary donuts for completing the survey.

 

[tree]

That is a motivating factor.
Complimentary doughnuts.
Doughnuts that ladle out insults aren't nearly as motivating as some people would suppose.

 

[techteach]

@Tom
ROFL!
I really don't trust anyone collecting information online.
I'm not a specimen to be examined and experimented with/on.

 

[Gracey]

Section 3,

“I can fit in everything I want to”

No context.

Didn’t understand the statement meaning.

 

[Tom]

That is a motivating factor.
Complimentary doughnuts.
Doughnuts that ladle out insults aren't nearly as motivating as some people would suppose.

The donut is at least direct. The scone does the same abstrusely.

 

[tree]

Scones can be wily, to be sure.

 

[lana_psychology@ntu]

Section 3,

“I can fit in everything I want to”

No context.

Didn’t understand the statement meaning.

I'm sorry for the lack of clarity here! It refers to having enough time to complete everything you want to.
Hope this solves that issue!
I wish I could offer everyone a donut, instead I can only offer virtual doughnuts and many thanks

 

[Ginseng]

Oh, also a study about adults with autism. There is a lack of info about us.

 

[lana_psychology@ntu]

Oh, also a study about adults with autism. There is a lack of info about us.

There certainly is a lack of studies concerning the impact social media can have on autistic populations, at least this is what I found from my literature review. This is really surprising, considering that the little research there is suggests that there can be real benefits for autistic social media users.

 

[Judge]

Perhaps a more enlightening study for a psychology class might be to examine the superficiality of Facebook relative to so many social interactions. Where friendship is determined most often through a few mouse clicks and not from the heart. Regardless of whether participants are Neurodiverse or not.

Then again, if your focus really is on autistic adults, it's a pity you haven't considered something far more informative such as choosing to examine this forum and its members as an online community. Where you're far more likely to get meaningful and genuine responses relative to online socialization of autistic people.

Personally when I hear the word "Facebook", I don't think of friendship or happiness. Only the image of someone flipping the "on" switch, and placing their hand into a blender. In essence, if society at large and the medical community truly considers Facebook as a benchmark for friendship and happiness, we're all in serious trouble.

 

[lana_psychology@ntu]

I'm very new to research and this is my first real taste of what conducting a study is really like and I guess I was scared I wouldn't receive a large response if I didn't use a well known platform, like Facebook. Further there is current research to suggest some of the autistic community enjoy using Facebook, but I'm not naive enough to assume it's a platform everyone enjoys.
If I was to continue to research the use of social media in the autism community I do agree that forum's like this would be a great place to gather rich data. Thanks for your input

 

[Judge]

I'm very new to research and this is my first real taste of what conducting a study is really like and I guess I was scared I wouldn't receive a large response if I didn't use a well known platform, like Facebook. Further there is current research to suggest some of the autistic community enjoy using Facebook, but I'm not naive enough to assume it's a platform everyone enjoys.
If I was to continue to research the use of social media in the autism community I do agree that forum's like this would be a great place to gather rich data. Thanks for your input

You might also give some thought to the lack of social parity in using such a broad-based forum like Facebook, to chronicle the experience of autistic people who statistically conform to less than two percent of the population (according to the US Center For Disease Control).

Conversely, using Facebook might be a great way to neurologically account for superficial social experiences of Neurotypicals. Where not saying what you truly mean or feel is more apt to be the norm than the exception relative to ninety-eight percent of the population. Quantitatively it may be "rich data" pertinent to that ninety-eight percentile group of Neurotypicals, but not to the less-than-two percent who are Neurodiverse.

 

[Graphin]

How can anything on facebook be anonymous?

 

[lana_psychology@ntu]

The questionnaire doesn't ask for your name or any of your friend's names, it just asks you about your experience with the site. Also your response is completely anonymous. The questionnaire only asks for age and gender (for statistical reasons). A unique identifier is what I ask participants to create just in case they want to later withdraw their response without revealing their identity. Hope this clears up any confusion