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Notes
- Abstract:
- Presenter: Quinn Ceilly. Title: The Costs and Benefits of the “Hyper Brain”: How Intelligence, Anxiety, Overthinking, and Rumination Interact. Abstract: The present study investigates short-term stress responses among college students to assess relationships between intelligence, anxiety, overthinking, and rumination. Previous works examining adverse symptoms of stress in individuals of high intelligence show inconsistent results and few evaluate overthinking tendencies, which together incentivize further investigation. This experiment incorporated physiological measures during modest stressors coupled with self-report measures of anxiety, overthinking, and rumination. The procedure consisted of three tasks: a social stress test that asked participants to prepare a 5-minute speech within a constrained time frame, an intelligence test that measured IQ, and a mirror-tracing frustration task. Additionally, four questionnaires separately measured somatic anxiety, cognitive anxiety, overthinking tendency, and ruminative tendency. Physiological data were collected during selected portions of the procedure with the BIOPAC system to test for physiological responses to stressful and frustrating situations. At the procedure’s conclusion, a 7-minute mindfulness exercise served to return participants to baseline. This investigation is driven by three primary experimental hypotheses: (1) Higher intelligence (IQ scores) will be associated with greater overthinking and rumination tendencies; (2) Individuals who tend to overthink will show more prolonged cardiac responses to these stressors and take longer for heart rate to return to baseline; (3) Individuals who score higher on the IQ tasks will have higher rumination/overthinking scores and report greater anxiety. Findings may clarify the contributions of overthinking and rumination to anxiety and facilitate more specialized treatments for individuals who experience overthinking, rumination, and anxiety in the management of responses to stress. ( ,,, )
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- Presenter: Shay Elster, Keiry Gonzalez, Sam Rice. Abstract: Social media addiction is a newly emerging topic of research due to the rapid increase in the availability and convenience of smartphones. With the convenience of social media being in the palm of the user’s hand, it is always accessible. A plethora of young adults use social media an overwhelming number of hours each day. This study investigates the statistical relationships between social media addition and various health attitudes and behaviors. Specific hypotheses include: 1) Anxiety, depression, and stress will be higher in individuals that have higher levels of frequency of social media use and social media addiction symptoms (positive relationship), and 2) Life satisfaction levels, body image and self- esteem measures will be lower with higher levels of frequency of social media use and social media addiction symptoms (negative relationship). This study is conducted using data collected from an online survey investigating the relationship between social media and health attitudes and behaviors. Participants are college students participating in an online survey for extra credit. Planned analyses include two linear regression models, the first with social media frequency of use as the outcome variable and the second with social media addiction symptoms as the outcome variable. Anxiety, depression, stress, life satisfaction, body image and self-esteem will be the predictors in each linear regression. Findings will aid in the understanding of the nature of social media addiction symptoms as they relate to different health attitudes and behaviors. Future research will examine social media addiction on a much larger scale.
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- Presenter: Charlie Lacker. Title: The Relationship Between Autistic Traits and Gender Identity Among Minor Attracted Persons. Abstract: Prior studies have shown a potential connection between LGBTQ+ identity and autistic traits, as well as evidence of neurodevelopmental disruptions in minor attracted persons. This study aims to examine autistic traits, using the Autism-Spectrum Quotient (AQ), and their relation to participant’s understanding of their gender identity, using the Genderqueer Identity Scale (GQI), within a minor attracted population. Participants filled out an online questionnaire and were recruited internationally through online forums, support groups, and social media advertising. Data collection is ongoing, and results will be presented at Quest.
- Summary:
- Session chair: Emily Bovier.
- Acquisition:
- Collected for SUNY Oswego Institutional Repository by the online self-submittal tool. Submitted by Zach Vickery.
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- SUNY Oswego Institutional Repository
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- SUNY Oswego
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