5 43 White British Single Ended - Suicide 30s 3 Depression Twitter 6 - White Slovenian Married Ongoing 29-37 16 OCD Forum 7 71 White British Married Ongoing 30-70 50 Depression Facebook 8 32 White British Single Ended - Suicide 28-33 1 Alcohol/Depression? Twitter 9 32 White British Married Ongoing 28-30 2 Anxiety/Depression Facebook 10 37 White British Single Ended his mental health 41 12 Anxiety/Depression Twitter – 11 43 White British Married Ongoing 30+ 8 Depression Twitter 12 32 White British Married Ongoing 22-32 16 BPD/Bipolar Facebook 13 27 White British Relationship Ongoing 30+ 2 Presumed Depression Recommendation 14 28 White British Single Ended his mental health 30 2 Bulimia/Depression Recommendation – 15 31 White British Married Ongoing 33 3 PTSD/Depression Facebook Data Collection Data was collected through one-to-one interviews, eight face-to-face and seven by telephone. An interview topic guide was developed by the researcher and supervisor, and external feedback on it was gained from a Counselling Psychologist and two Trainee Clinical Psychologists. The interview was adapted after 11 interviews in order to gain further information on some of the emerging themes. The women were interviewed for 30-50 minutes (Mean = 35 minutes). Ethical Issues Owing to the sensitive nature of the interview content, the ethical implications of this research were carefully considered and Ethical Approval was granted by The Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences at The University of Surrey (appendix 2). Procedure Potential participants were directed from social media or forums to the website providing information about the study, the details and a secure electronic researcher’s contact
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 43 - 71 32 32 37 43 32 27 28 31 White British White Slovenian White British White British White British White British White British White British White British White British White British Single Married Married Single Married Single Married Married Relationship Single Married Ended - Suicide Ongoing Ongoing Ended - Suicide Ongoing Ended – his mental health Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ended – his mental health Ongoing 30s 29-37 30-70 28-33 28-30 41 30+ 22-32 30+ 30 33 3 16 50 1 2 12 8 16 2 2 3 Depression OCD Depression Alcohol/Depression? Anxiety/Depression Anxiety/Depression Depression BPD/Bipolar Presumed Depression Bulimia/Depression PTSD/Depression Twitter Forum Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Twitter Facebook Recommendation Recommendation Facebook Data Collection Data was collected through one-to-one interviews, eight face-to-face and seven by telephone. An interview topic guide was developed by the researcher and supervisor, and external feedback on it was gained from a Counselling Psychologist and two Trainee Clinical Psychologists. The interview was adapted after 11 interviews in order to gain further information on some of the emerging themes. The women were interviewed for 30-50 minutes (Mean = 35 minutes). Ethical Issues Owing to the sensitive nature of the interview content, the ethical implications of this research were carefully considered and Ethical Approval was granted by The Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences at The University of Surrey (appendix 2). Procedure Potential participants were directed from social media or forums to the website providing information about the study, the researcher’s contact details and a secure electronic