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**Abstract** This is a replication of the original study completed by Forest and Wood (2012) that will be done at Southern Arkansas University. This is done by a senior Psychology student, named Delora Everett, for Honor Credit for a Social Psychology course taught by Dr. Dana Leighton. The original study involved 80 participants. This replication will be done in a group of people, the maximum being six in a Research Lab on the Southern Arkansas University campus. We are a small institution and do not have the resources to run participants individually. The questionnaire itself is nearly exact to the one used in the original study aside from a few points. 1.) Additional details in the instructions for the Rosenberg Self Esteem (Rosenberg, 1965) and 2.) two extra questions requesting the participants age and sexual. Since the original study had noted the age and sex of their participants, it should be noted in the replication as well. **UPDATE: September 2016 Questions from the previous questionnaire have been reworded. The study is progressing. *** Below is the original abstract for this study. _____ The popular media have publicized the idea that social networking Web sites (e.g., Facebook) may enrich the interpersonal lives of people who struggle to make social connections. The opportunity that such sites provide for self-disclosure—a necessary component in the development of intimacy—could be especially beneficial for people with low self-esteem, who are normally hesitant to self-disclose and who have difficulty maintaining satisfying relationships. We suspected that posting on Facebook would reduce the perceived riskiness of self-disclosure, thus encouraging people with low self-esteem to express themselves more openly. In three studies, we examined whether such individuals see Facebook as a safe and appealing medium for self-disclosure, and whether their actual Facebook posts enabled them to reap social rewards. We found that although people with low self-esteem considered Facebook an appealing venue for self-disclosure, the low positivity and high negativity of their disclosures elicited undesirable responses from other people. Materials The original paper is here (will require a library subscription). Study 1 materials are in the paper or otherwise easily available. The popular media have publicized the idea that social networking Web sites (e.g., Facebook) may enrich the interpersonal lives of people who struggle to make social connections. The opportunity that such sites provide for self-disclosure—a necessary component in the development of intimacy—could be especially beneficial for people with low self-esteem, who are normally hesitant to self-disclose and who have difficulty maintaining satisfying relationships. We suspected that posting on Facebook would reduce the perceived riskiness of self-disclosure, thus encouraging people with low self-esteem to express themselves more openly. In three studies, we examined whether such individuals see Facebook as a safe and appealing medium for self-disclosure, and whether their actual Facebook posts enabled them to reap social rewards. We found that although people with low self-esteem considered Facebook an appealing venue for self-disclosure, the low positivity and high negativity of their disclosures elicited undesirable responses from other people. **Materials** * The original paper is [here][1] (will require a library subscription). * Study 1 materials are in the paper or otherwise easily available. [1]: http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/3/295
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