To text or not to text? The importance of text messaging among college-aged youth

Skierkowski, Dorothy; Wood, Rebecca

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2011.11.023

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“…1). Facebook recruited significantly more young participants (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37), whereas e-mail recruited significantly more participants age 68-77. Flyers recruited significantly fewer participants age 18-27 (Fig.…”

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Analysis of Four Recruitment Methods for Obtaining Normative Data through a Web-Based Questionnaire: A Pilot Study

Nolte

Shauver

Chung

2015

Hand (New York, N,Y.)

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Background Quality normative data requires a diverse sample of participants and plays an important role in the appropriate use of health outcomes. Using social media and other online resources for survey recruitment is a tempting prospect, but the effectiveness of these methods in collecting a diverse sample is unknown. The purpose of this study is to pilot test four methods of recruitment to determine their ability to produce a sample representative of the general US population. Methods This project is part of a larger study to gather normative data for the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ). We used flyers, e-mail, Facebook, and an institutionspecific clinical research recruitment Web site to direct participants to complete an online version of the MHQ. Participants also provided comorbidity and demographic information. Results The institution-specific recruitment Web site yielded the greatest number of respondents in an age distribution that mirrored the US population. Facebook was effective for recruiting young adults, and e-mail was successful for recruiting the older adults. None of the methods was successful in reaching an ethnically diverse sample. Conclusions Obtaining normative data that is truly representative of the US population is a difficult task. The use of any one recruitment method is unlikely to result in a representative sample, but a greater understanding of these methods will empower researchers to use them to target specific populations. This pilot analysis provides support for the use of Facebook and clinical research sites in addition to traditional methods of e-mail and paper flyers.

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Analysis of Four Recruitment Methods for Obtaining Normative Data through a Web-Based Questionnaire: A Pilot Study

Nolte

Shauver

Chung

2015

Hand (New York, N,Y.)

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“…Secondly, constant incoming alerts create considerable pressure to be available 24/7 and contribute to a fear of missing out (Thomée, Dellve, Harenstam & Hagberg, 2010). Young adults experience considerable anxiety when their access to texting is restricted and report feeling stressed and guilty when they do not reply to a message immediately (Skierkowski & Wood, 2012;Thomée et al, 2010). It is therefore possible that young people struggle to relax at bedtime due to anxiety at missing out on new messages or content.…”

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“…Furthermore, social media -unlike other Internet or computer use -is unique in the social pressure it creates to be available at all times and respond to messages and new content immediately (Thomée et al, 2010). Young adults in particular report considerable anxiety when their access to text-based communication is restricted (Skierkowski & Wood, 2012). We therefore expect that emotional investment in social media -which includes feeling upset and disconnected from others when unable to access social media sites -will be associated with higher anxiety and depression levels.…”

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#Sleepyteens: Social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self‐esteem

Woods

Scott

2016

Journal of Adolescence

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This study examined how social media use related to sleep quality, self-esteem, anxiety and depression in 467 adolescents. We measured overall social media use, nighttime-specific social media use, emotional investment in social media, sleep quality, self-esteem and levels of anxiety and depression. Adolescents who used social media more -both overall and at night -and those who were more emotionally invested in social media experienced poorer sleep quality, lower self-esteem and higher levels of anxiety and depression. Nighttime-specific social media use predicted poorer sleep quality after controlling for anxiety, depression and self-esteem. These findings contribute to the growing body of evidence that social media use is related to various aspects of wellbeing in adolescents. In addition, our results indicate that nighttime-specific social media use and emotional investment in social media are two important factors that merit further investigation in relation to adolescent sleep and wellbeing.

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“…Market researchers estimate that in 2014 the number of SMS delivered globally per day amounts to about 21 billion (Deloitte, 2014;Informa, 2013). The popularity of SMS has even led to concerns about an excessive integration of this service in people's daily lives, particularly among younger MNO customers (Lu et al, 2011;Skierkowski and Wood, 2012). However, in the recent past the massive proliferation of so-called smartphones with browsers, which enable consumers to conveniently access the Internet and its services via data networks of MNO and with the capability to run software applications downloaded with the help of wireless or wired http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2015.03.005 0736-5853/Ó 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.…”

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SMS use intensity changes in the age of ubiquitous mobile Internet access – A two-level investigation of residential mobile communications customers in Germany

Gerpott

2015

Telematics and Informatics

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To text or not to text? The importance of text messaging among college-aged youth

Cited by 159 publications

References 33 publications

Analysis of Four Recruitment Methods for Obtaining Normative Data through a Web-Based Questionnaire: A Pilot Study

Analysis of Four Recruitment Methods for Obtaining Normative Data through a Web-Based Questionnaire: A Pilot Study

#Sleepyteens: Social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self‐esteem

SMS use intensity changes in the age of ubiquitous mobile Internet access – A two-level investigation of residential mobile communications customers in Germany

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