My research proposal outlines a qualitative experiment to see how technology is affecting our lives in the past year. The test used age, gender, and race, as well as college experience. Through a survey and a follow up interview I gained knowledge on how people’s mental health is after using technology for a lot … Continue reading Final Proposal: Technology and Mental Health
My research project is designed to study the effects of long term isolation in a spacecraft on the mental health of astronauts. This study will also apply the technological mitigating technique of video games to one of the groups of astronauts to study the role that escapism may play in helping to make the time … Continue reading Mental Health in Space Project
Hypothesis: I will look at how much the increased use of technology has negatively affected the population. I will begin with a questionnaire to see if they have developed certain feelings of anxiety, depression, or any other mental illnesses and if when they started to develop such problems. Research Approach: This research approach would … Continue reading The Last Blog Post
Final Hypothesis: The negative physical and mental health effects of cramped conditions and isolation experienced during long duration space missions can be mitigated by a combination of ergonomic design of interior space, and electronic diversions such as computer games and digital literature. Methods: I would like to have those who are being considered for potential missions … Continue reading Week 14 Final Hypothesis
Your initial research idea and your current research idea. If there are changes, tell us how they are different and why. What led you to change your focus? I am staying with my initial idea. To determine if the commonly assumed negative aspects of internet activity contributing to social isolation might prove to be beneficial … Continue reading Social Anxiety and the Internet
The database I used for my next three searches was Biomed Central also known as BMC. My first search was for “Isolation and mental health confinement”. This returned 132 results. The Boolean operator I used was “and”. I found an article near the top of the search that might have useful data it was detailing … Continue reading Week 11 Refining my search Jared Hornbaker
The two databases that I chose on using for this assignment were PsycINFO and Google Scholar. I wanted to focus on the aspects of psychology and literature on the effect’s technology has had on people. My results below will give me some good insight to the information I am seeking. PsycINFO: Mental Heath AND Technology … Continue reading Psychology Behind Mental Health
The first three searches that I did were in CORE. The time frame for the first search was between 2001 and 2020. The keywords I used were “Space Travel”. This search returned 9,566,031 articles. 3,702,995 were in English. This told me that I needed to refine my search more. The second search was for the … Continue reading Week 10 Research Results
My current idea for research is the same one I started with at the beginning with a slight title change to make it easier to understand the direction that the research will take. I want to look at the possible mental health problems associated with prolonged isolation and cramped conditions as a way to determine … Continue reading The Impact of Prolonged Isolation in Relation to Space Travel.
Your initial research idea and your current research idea. If there are changes, tell us how they are different and why. What led you to change your focus? For my first research post I did not have anything chosen. I was more focused on just beginning the class. But after doing some reflection on what … Continue reading Mental Health with Technology. Good or Bad?