Signature Assignment: Facebook Jealousy Study Analysis - Psychology

This assignment analyzes a research study (Hudson et al., 2015) examining the influence of gender and emotions on Facebook jealousy among young adults. The study identifies independent variables (emotions) and dependent variables (Facebook jealousy), with multiple studies involving college students. Correlations were found between gender and jealousy, such as females showing more jealousy without emotions and males showing more jealousy with winking emotions. Strengths include the use of quantitative and qualitative data. Weaknesses include the limited sample size and potential for generalization issues. The study is considered ethical and the sample size is adequate. The assignment suggests improvements such as mixed methods and further research on the link between Facebook jealousy and GPA. The study also suggests evaluating features like emotions and private messaging to prevent behaviors that could hurt the partners and relationship.

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Please summarize the article in your own
words. Be sure not to plagiarize. Provide
enough detail so that someone may
understand the study even if they have not
read the article.
Young adults use Facebook and it is
important to understand how it affects their
romantic relationships. Amount of time spent
and gender are the factors that are associated
with the online jealously. The article shows
emotions and gender influences Facebook
jealousy (Hudson et al., 2015).
Identify any independent variable(s) in the
study.
Emotions are independent variables
Identify any dependent variable(s) in the
study.
Facebook jealousy is a dependent variable
Identify any experimental group(s) in the
study.
Study 1 consists of 83 college students from
the liberal art college of the United States.
Study 2 consists of 111 college students from
the liberal art college of the United States.
Study 3 consists of 177 college students from
the liberal art college of the United States.
Identify any control group(s) in the study. The article shows that females display more
jealousy on Facebook in comparison to male.
State and explain at least 2 correlations that
may be found in the study.
Males show more jealous when there is a
presence of winking emotion and females
shows more jealous when there is no emotion.
Explain, in detail, at least two strengths of
how this study was performed. These must be
strengths of how the study was performed and
you must explain why they are considered
strengths.
 The study consists of both quantitative
and qualitative responses which are
considered to be very much effective
in understanding the article. The
quantitative responses show that the
impact was found for gender only.
Females show more jealously in

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comparison to males. The qualitative
response has displayed that jealousy of
the male is more towards winking
emotion and female is more towards
no emotion.
 The article also consisted of an
experiment in which the participants
were selected for understanding their
behavior and attitude towards
Facebook. The result clearly depicted
the reactions of both male and
females.
Explain, in detail, at least two weaknesses of
how this study was performed. These must be
weaknesses of how the study was performed
and you must explain why they are considered
weaknesses.
 The studies were being carried out
with the traditional college-aged
students and cannot be generalized to
the larger population.
 For one study only the qualitative data
were collected and showed gender
differences in the Facebook jealousy.
Was this study ethical? Why or why not? The study is considered to be ethical because
it is important to understand how people are
associated with social networking sites and
how they are being influenced. It is a study to
understand the behavior and reactions of
people towards the messages and online
platforms.
Was the participant sample of adequate size,
composition, etc.? Be sure to give reasons for
your answers.
The sample size is considered to be
appropriate because there is an appropriate
balance of males and females selected for the

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experiment. The author did not select too
many participants because it would have
difficult to carry out the experiment.
Was there any bias (participant or researcher)
in this study? Explain.
The research not biased because the
experiment was carried out equally with all
the participants.
How could this study be improved? What
further studies could come from it? Please be
specific.
Mixed methods should be used for examining
Facebook jealousy. Examining the link
between Facebook jealousy and grade point
average would have assisted to understand
how the factors influenced the phenomenon.
The evaluation of the features such as
emotions and private messaging may assist o
to prevent the behavior that would hurt the
partners and the relationship.

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References
Hudson, M., Nicolas, S., Howser, M., Lipsett, K., Robinson, I., & Pope, L. et al. (2015).
Examining How Gender and Emoticons Influence Facebook Jealousy. Cyberpsychology,
Behavior, And Social Networking, 18(2), 87-92. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0129