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College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses

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Depression

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Television And Depression., Rachel Marie Cunningham May 2013

Television And Depression., Rachel Marie Cunningham

College of Arts & Sciences Senior Honors Theses

The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship of mood and depressive symptoms with both the amount and type of television programming viewed. This study was also concerned with learning whether members of different genders and age groups are more or less likely to exhibit correlations between positive or negative mood and certain amounts and types of programs watched. The study addressed the following research questions: Question 1: What is the relationship between mood and amount of television viewing time? Question 2: What is the relationship between mood/depression and different types of programming, and is the same relationship …