"Doomscrolling"—the act of obsessively scrolling through social media feeds to read negative news stories—is increasingly common, yet we know relatively little about its specific psychological consequences on sleep. Why do some individuals engage in doomscrolling late at night despite knowing it might affect their sleep? Does the nature of the news content (e.g., political, environmental, or health-related) influence the level of sleep disruption? How do feelings of helplessness or anxiety mediate this relationship? Do these habits vary significantly across different age demographics? To investigate these issues further, psychologists want to use the self-report method (specifically a questionnaire) to find out more about the relationship between evening doomscrolling and sleep quality.
Explain how you would use the self-report method to investigate the relationship between evening doomscrolling and sleep quality. Justify your decisions as part of your explanation.
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You should use your own experience of carrying out a self-report to inform your response.
644 exam-style questions on OCR A Level Psychology Research methods and techniques. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.