Exploring the Link Between Social Media Use and Mental Health: A Study of Anxiety and Depression in Young Adults

I have already written my essay but the professor is asking to include a methods section. Methods: This section should outline your intended research design, sample characteristics, procedures, and planned data analyses. Your method should be linked to your research question and hypotheses, and should be justified based on past literature. Pay close attention to creating original work in this section. If you end up mirroring any portion of past studies, make sure to appropriate cite those sources. Methods should be clear enough that any other scientist in the field could replicate your study. The following subsections are required: Participants and Recruitment: Describe the potential participants in enough detail that your sample is easy to visualize. Describe how you will go about recruiting the participants, and how many you will need and why. Consider where you will find your participants and any advertisements you may use to help aid with recruitment efforts. Make sure to identify how the studies aligned with the APA principles and standards for conducting research with human subjects. Minimum of 2 Paragraphs Measures and Materials: Describe the measure(s) you propose using. Note these should help you operationalize your independent and/or dependent variable(s). Explain the types of questions contained in each measure to demonstrate construct validity, and clarify the response options and procedures for scoring the instrument. Include the method of measurement that will be used (e.g., self-report questionnaire, behavioral observation rating, eye tracking). You must have a clear explanation of how the measurement attained reliability and validity. Include any additional materials that may be needed to complete the requirements of the study, or laboratory configurations if you are conducting an experiment. 1-2 Paragraphs Procedures: Explain in detail how you would go about conducting the study. Explain what happens to participants in the study, and what they will do. Examples of information to be described in this section would be how the manipulation or survey, if applicable, would be administered. 1-2 Paragraphs