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A qualitative focus group approach was selected to ‘‘uncoverfactors that influence opinions, behavior, or motivation’’ (Krueger& Casey, 2000, p. 24) surrounding the perceived influence of socialmedia on young adult health behaviors. Focus groups have beenshown to be effective in health (Neumark-Sztainer, Story, Perry,& Casey, 1999) and social media (McLaughlin & Vitak, 2012)research. To ensure saturation (i.e., themes become repetitive asadditional focus groups are implemented and by the later focusgroups no new information emerges; Krueger & Casey, 2000)occurred, eight focus groups (m = 4.25 participants per group) werescheduled. In-depth semi-structured interviews were also includedwithin this study. Using multiple approaches in qualitativeresearch increases the trustworthiness of the results (Vaterlaus &Higginbotham, 2011).
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