Correlation between emotion and usage of social media.



Our names are Jodie Mccabe, Rahil Kar, Shannyce Shawcroft, Jade Maddock, Akeelah King and Paige Walker and we are undergraduate students in the Division of Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. We would like to invite you to take part in a short pilot study, there is no obligation to take part and there will be no adverse consequences to your studies if you decide not to participate.



What is the study about?



The aim is to see if there is a relationship between personal emotions and social media usage.



What does the study involve?



The study requires participants to answer the following questionnaire, which include a ranking scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is strongly disagree and 7 is strongly agree.



Right to withdraw



Your participation in this study is purely voluntary. If you wish to withdraw at any time, you are free to do so. Please just let the researcher know. You do not have to give a reason for terminating the study. You are also entitled to withdraw your data from the study after you have taken part, if you so wish. If you do wish to remove your data after you have taken part, please email me with your unique identifier (which you will provide on the next form). There is a deadline of Tuesday the 15th of March for removing your data.



What will happen to data collected?



The data will be handled only by members of the research team, in line with data protection principles and our approved research protocol. Hard copies of research notes are kept in locked filing cabinets, and electronic files are kept on password protected computers which are not accessible to any other university staff. You will not be named or otherwise identified in any publication arising from this study.



Contact details



If you have any further questions or would like more information please contact Rahil Kar by email at N0643431@ntu.ac.uk If you have any issues with the way the study was conducted please contact Dr Paula Stacey by email at paula.stacey@my.ntu.ac.uk.