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Book Feb 13, 2017 at 09:03 AM
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From time to time, we find researchers in the world who understand the value of community and want to partner with us to help further scientific inquiry.

To that end, Psych Central & the World Well-Being Project invite you to participate in a research study to help us better understand well-being (e.g. how happy or unhappy you are) and expression of yourself on social media sites (like Facebook).

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You can confidentially share your test & quiz answers from Psych Central as well as your twitter and Facebook data (statuses, images, and profile) using our secure application.

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All of your data will be completely anonymized, meaning none of it will be personally identifiable to anyone working on the project.

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Default Feb 13, 2017 at 09:14 AM
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I would like to participate, although I haven't taken a quiz here in ages, should I retake some quizzes, so that my data is more up to date before joining in?
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Sure, as long as you answer the quizzes just like you normally do, that would be helpful. Thanks!

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Awesome, will do ��
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Requires a zip code (states it must be valid) and therefore non US residents are not able to share, just found this out myself so letting people know

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Ash, thanks for that tidbit TJ
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Psych Central has always been helpful to me that I welcomed the opportunity to give back. I tried and gave up up after about ten minutes. Should it take that long when you have a limited presence on social media? I have kept my illness very private for personal, professional, and legal reasons. Assuming that I would be able to reenter the workforce at some point, my profile reads retired and not terminated from my job and on disability.Should I try again? Thank you.

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Ooh, no way. Too big brother for me. Don't want anyone I don't know "analyzing" me for their purposes. Too much of that already going on with social media. I certainly won't do it voluntarily.
 
 
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Give it another try and if it happens again, let me know here and we'll get it fixed...

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I don't have enough of a digital footprint to do this. No Twitter, no Facebook, no blogs, haven't taken any tests here in ages. But do let me know of other research I might be able to contribute to.

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I am scared if I participate it would end up hurting innocent people. I have a lot of problems and am scared about this option.
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Just to be clear, that's why the research is completely voluntary. You need not do anything if you don't want to participate in it.

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When the study is done, will the results be posted to PC? I'd be very interested in that.

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I tried again yesterday afternoon. It was loading. I forgot about it. It was still loading this morning.

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I am a social science researcher and have seen how analysis of social media can do a lot of good. All good research projects go through ethical review and researchers treat data very seriously and with respect in very much the same way as a health care professional would respect patient confidentiality.

Sadly, I can't take part as I am not in the US and my social media presence other than here is limited.
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I did it. Happy to contribute.

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Yes, if anything ever gets published using this data, we will be sure to share that with the community. Thank you!

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Hee hee...my Others have eliminated everything about us on the internet...so we have no data to be had. Sorry.
 
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Took one late last evening. I've been doing better with showering lately. Got to start brushing my teeth more than once a day.

Have to get through a meeting today that I anticipate with anxiety. Be glad when it's over.
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