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Contact Sports With Mental Health And Aggression, Jai Alvarez
Contact Sports With Mental Health And Aggression, Jai Alvarez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Sports have many benefits that can develop new motivations, drives and goals within a person. Contact sports, specifically, benefit someone's mental health and a healthy mindset by giving people an outlet to take out their aggressions. Being physically active can produce certain parts of the brain being activated and release serotonin, overall affecting someone's mood. Although contact sports such as football have been in a negative light within in society recently, contact sports have improved protection against injuries and research has shown that contact sports can improve your mental health by letting out aggression in a safe manner.
Plastic Pollution’S Affect On Coral Reefs, Alexander Gomez
Plastic Pollution’S Affect On Coral Reefs, Alexander Gomez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Plastic pollution has been an increasing problem in the world. This is getting worse every year and it is having an impact in our world specifically in our oceans. A big thing in the ocean is coral reefs, coral reefs end up dying by diseases and debris caused from plastic pollution. Coral reefs are important in the lives of humans and fish so if we do nothing about it many will suffer the consequences. With coral reefs gone many fish suffer from change and do not adapt quick enough and later end up dying. Plastic pollution stays on top of …
Mental Health Vs. Social Media, Alexandra Avalos
Mental Health Vs. Social Media, Alexandra Avalos
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Mental health is a persons condition with their emotional well-being and social well-being. A persons mental health is so important because it affects how you feel, think and act. Your mental health can determine how motivated you are or how you handle stress and or stressful situations. Social media has impacted peoples mental health especially in teenagers that depression rates are higher, as well as anxiety and self image issues.
Performance Enhancing Drug Use In Professional Sports, Moises Cotom Pacheco
Performance Enhancing Drug Use In Professional Sports, Moises Cotom Pacheco
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
The use of Performance Enhancing Drugs(PEDs) should not be legalized in professional sports due to the negative effects it has on the body and influencing the youth to participate in its use. Multiple studies have been conducted to show how PEDs affects the body in negative ways. There is also an ethical reasoning to why PEDs should not be legalized. The youth are heavily influenced by athletes that whenever they promote something they are willing to convince their parents to buy it. They are also influenced when it comes to PED use and how they can become like their idol …
Racial Disparities In Organ Donation, Lilly Brown
Racial Disparities In Organ Donation, Lilly Brown
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Organ donation and its process is a scientific breakthrough that the medical community uses daily and continues to perfect. Although the donation process is well known all around the world, there is still a dent in the percentage of how many people donate. When taking a deeper look at where the majority of organ donations come from, its apparent that minorities’ numbers are significantly lower compared to their white counterparts. Different cultures and ethnicities vary all around the world just like the ever-changing outlook on organ donation. The focus of racial disparities in organ donation is addressed through research papers …
Foster Care And Adoption: Youth Aging Out, Cherish Flyinghawk
Foster Care And Adoption: Youth Aging Out, Cherish Flyinghawk
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Those challenges are finding employment, housing, financial stability, and educational attainment. Some do not have life skills like other youth in the general population. When youth age out they may not have access to education, guidance, family support, which helps them with responsible decision making. As youth get older we can see whether or not being in foster care made them stronger or broke them into a place they cannot come out of. A percent of youth are resilient from the situation. Reunification with parents or primary care takers is also known to happen until they can get back on …
Talking To A Screen, Maria Dominguez
Talking To A Screen, Maria Dominguez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Throughout the U.S. 20% of teens and adults between the ages 18 and 49 use a dating app on a daily basis. Dating apps can have a good quality of communication. Studies showed that 60% of the participants have had positive experiences with dating platforms. There is also information that dating apps can also be a sign of danger such as false information and false identity. This research will show what are the good and bad outcomes of using a dating app.
How Homeless People Take Care Of Themselves, Esperanza Aguirre
How Homeless People Take Care Of Themselves, Esperanza Aguirre
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Society sees the homeless as the unworthy and less fortunate population of the world. Society looks down on the homeless and pity’s them. They throw spare change in their hands and then go on with their lives not giving them another thought. But what society doesn’t realize is that homeless people spend days on on without getting their basic needs met. They lack money, food, water, shelter, and medical assistance. Which leads them to think outside of the box in order to survive.
Inhumane Experiments On Humans, Dakota Harris
Inhumane Experiments On Humans, Dakota Harris
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
This capstone projects is about inhumane experiments on humans around the world and how it effected the people involved or what it brought to light. Many of these experiments are kept secretive because of how they effected people’s livelihood. Inhumane experiments often lead to death, trauma, illness, shortening of life, disfigurement, or permanent disabilities in the victims, plus more trauma for the family. The reason why these experiments are considered inhumane is because they occur when the ‘patient’ couldn’t sign off on informed consent of the experiment, or they were unaware of the possible outcomes of what they were involved …
Challenges Facing Women In Stem, Karla Hernandez Granillo
Challenges Facing Women In Stem, Karla Hernandez Granillo
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
In the United States, there is a marked gender gap in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. Women are underrepresented and face challenges such as gender stereotypes, lack of mentorship, bias and often suffer from impostor syndrome. Encouraging, supporting and increasing women in STEM fields is important in order to help the United States remain innovative in a competitive global arena.
The Effects Poverty Has On Education, Osmaira Molina–Carmona
The Effects Poverty Has On Education, Osmaira Molina–Carmona
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Poverty is defined as a lack of material goods or a low level of income. Poverty is associated with a lack of sufficient income to support basic requirements such as food, clothes, and shelter. Low household income is related to reduced academic performance in children. Education gives a sense of security in life that cannot be taken away. Being well-educated increases your chances of getting a better job and opens new possibilities. According to several studies, poverty has been shown to have a direct influence on student’s educational success
Long Term Effect Of Poverty On Child Development, Amairany Molina-Carmona
Long Term Effect Of Poverty On Child Development, Amairany Molina-Carmona
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Poverty is an important social determinant of health and contributes to child health disparities. Children who experience poverty, particularly during early life or for an extended period, are at risk of a host of adverse health and developmental outcomes throughout their life course (Brooks-Gunn & Duncan, 1997). Poverty has a profound effect on specific circumstances, such as birth weight, infant mortality, chronic illness, and environmental exposure. Children living in poverty are at increased risk of inattention, impulsivity, defiance, and poor peer relationships (Boyle, 2011). Poverty and other adverse social determinants have a detrimental effect on child health and are the …
How Color Affects The Brain, Jaden Marx
How Color Affects The Brain, Jaden Marx
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Throughout this research about color theory, it has been found that when you look at different colors you feel different emotions. An example of that is fast food restaurants putting red in their food logos to use the color red to bring people in because red is found to make people hungry. For colorblind people however color can not affect them and their everyday lives, therefore they might not feel as strong emotionally.
The Effects Of Social Media On Eating Disorders, Myrka Perez-Ochoa
The Effects Of Social Media On Eating Disorders, Myrka Perez-Ochoa
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Eating Disorders are illnesses causing disturbances in a person’s eating behaviors, related thoughts, and emotions, negatively affecting a persons everyday life. The three main categories are Anorexia, Bulimia Nervous, & Binge Eating Disorder. Developments of Eating disorders date back to the Middle Ages & are seen across the globe. Higher cases are reported in developed countries like the United States because of the easy access to social media. Social media includes platforms like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, T.V., etc. Social Media increases eating disorders because it sets unrealistic body standards.
Foster Care Its Effects On Mental Health, Jimena Palomares-Lagunas
Foster Care Its Effects On Mental Health, Jimena Palomares-Lagunas
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
In the United States 60% of children who have been in the foster care system are seen to have a lifetime prevalence of mental health disorders. As adolescents go into adulthood, they experience many negative effects that lead to life changing disorders. Some of them being PTSD, bipolar disorder, suicidality, and depression. Some factors that affect mental health outcomes are placement variables and the types of abuse that were endured during their childhood. Self-stigma prevents foster youth from receiving adequate help, because they are worried about what others might say. The lack of resources given by the foster care system …
White Collar Crime And Its Effect On Society, Jesus Junior Mosqueda Ramirez
White Collar Crime And Its Effect On Society, Jesus Junior Mosqueda Ramirez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
White-collar crime is defined as non-violent crime typically committed by a person who holds a white-collar job, that is, they work in a government position or business. White collar crime has detrimental effects on society, and consists of a destructive nature towards the economy. White collar crime works to make more profit for the rich and cause more hardships to the poor. Due to the lack of conversations on white-collar crime, in comparison to street crime, the public lacks knowledge on its negative effects. White-collar crime lacks media coverage because it does not garner as much attention as street crime. …
De-Escalation Training, Ellia Mora
De-Escalation Training, Ellia Mora
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
De-escalation training has been widely implemented by U.S. police agencies in the wake of adverse public reaction to recent controversial police use of force incidents. Despite the promotion from politicians, academics, expert panels, and the public, we are struggling to see the effects of de-escalation training on officers and police-citizen interactions. Police Brutality is classified as a situation where officers exercise undue or excessive force against a person(Amnesty International 2018). No national standard of training for police means that there is also no national standard on how police officers can be prosecuted for using lethal force improperly. This paper offers …
Problems The Lgbtq+ Community Face, Brianna Plascencia-Loza
Problems The Lgbtq+ Community Face, Brianna Plascencia-Loza
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
There is a lot of homophobia in the United States and research shows it has become a great problem to the LGBTQ+ community on a daily basis. Some of the problems consist of family being non- accepting, harassment in school, and the use of conversion therapy. These cause negative outcomes to the community such as missing school, high suicide rates, and increase depression.
How Does The Education System Impact Mental Health Issues Among Teens?, Maecyn Sieborg
How Does The Education System Impact Mental Health Issues Among Teens?, Maecyn Sieborg
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Adolescent students’ (ages 13 to 18) mental health has been affected by the education system. Currently in society, there’s a lack of addressing the problems in school. US School districts compete against each other to get high academic scores. This can lead to an increase of pressure for the students to receive higher scores, rather than focusing on their individual academic potential as the focal point of their own success. This research examines journal articles that identify increased pressure on students through test scores. The expectation to take high achieving classes increases negative stress and rates of mental illnesses. The …
Mental Health In Adolescence, Nyabath Wal
Mental Health In Adolescence, Nyabath Wal
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Mental health includes our emotional psychological, and social wellbeing. Mental health involves how people handle real world situations. Mental health problems are usually noticed in the stage of adolescence which is between the ages of 10 and 19 years old. Mental health illnesses are caused by several different things. There is not just one cause for mental health disorders. Possible ways to treat mental health are therapy, medication, and hospitalization.
The Importance And Need For Daily Exercise For Students, Oscar Bernabe Mateo
The Importance And Need For Daily Exercise For Students, Oscar Bernabe Mateo
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Exercising on a daily basis increases grey matter in the hippocampus, which is crucial for memory processing and spatial awareness. These are 2 important traits for learning new things in school and and storing them in our brain. There is a correlation between physical activity and mental health: less physical activity proposes 2x the likelihood of experiencing depression. The amount of physical activity among students has been decreasing for decades as well as depression appearing to 34% more on people worldwide since the year 2000. Exercising helps the brain function better as there is better blood flow through the body …
Men’S Mental And Emotional Health, Gustavo Anguiano
Men’S Mental And Emotional Health, Gustavo Anguiano
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
When it comes to talking about emotional health, struggles with depression and anxiety, men tend to hide their emotions from other men and rarely speak about their struggles. Due to societal pressure on how men should behave and negative views on men who cry, most men are reluctant to discuss their feelings. Many times, men who feel physically and emotionally tired or at their emotional breaking point are told to “man up” or “suck it up”. It’s time for society to recognize that men have emotions and should be encouraged to express their feelings like women are often allowed.
The Truth Behind Homelessness, Deymi Chavez
The Truth Behind Homelessness, Deymi Chavez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
To be homelessness means not having permanent or stable housing in relation to many other things. Some of the main causes of homelessness can be things such as family breakdown, mental illnesses and/or mental health, or falling into a substance abuse disorder. Other factors such as affordable housing and geographical factors may also lead to homelessness. In the end, people remain trapped in a cycle where the things that previously led to homelessness make them more likely to become homeless again. If we know the reasons for homelessness, we can then help make better decisions towards preventing it.
Dealing With Stress, Yohana Bueno
Dealing With Stress, Yohana Bueno
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
“Stress is a physical, chemical, or emotional development that causes strains that can lead to physical illness. "There are many factors that can cause stress (examples include: work, school, and family or relationship problems). If unmanaged, it can be very dangerous. It is important to be able to cope with your stress in order to live a healthy and happy life. The research demonstrated different ways of coping with stress.
Effects Of Team Sports On Adolescents, Yael Blanco-Zamudio
Effects Of Team Sports On Adolescents, Yael Blanco-Zamudio
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
We live in a world today where sports are all around us. Whether you are just a spectator, or you are playing the sport yourself, it is undeniable that sports has tremendously impacted today’s society. Many of today’s adolescents are involved in some kind of sport or physical activity. It is known that any kind of exercise, in this case sports, is good for one’s health. However, there is more than just physical benefits and effects from playing sports. Specifically, adolescents seem to have the most benefit from being involved in team sports.
Mental Health In Mexican Culture, Vanessa Coronado
Mental Health In Mexican Culture, Vanessa Coronado
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Theis research analyzed the stigma on mental health in Mexican culture. This research explored and attempts to explain how the behaviors and beliefs in the Mexican culture affect current relationships within families as well as future generations. An analysis on typical conditions Mexican families go through will be connected to the affects.
How Does The Videogame Industry Abuse Workers, Michael Costanzo
How Does The Videogame Industry Abuse Workers, Michael Costanzo
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
The videogame development industry is rampant with labor and sexual abuse. These forms abuse go unaddressed within mainstream media. Big-name companies backed by large corporations force their employees into unpaid overtime in terrible working conditions. Female game developers are typically paid less due to a game developers are typically paid less due to a game developers are typically paid less due to a gender bias and are at higher risk of sexual gender bias and are at higher risk of sexual gender bias and are at higher risk of sexual assault both of which get swept under the rug to …
Generation Z: Its Effects On The Economy, Yoatzini Avila Cortes
Generation Z: Its Effects On The Economy, Yoatzini Avila Cortes
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, Generation Z is inheriting a flawed world. As young Americans, they are judged due to their adherence to the values of previous generations. Many stereotypes revolve around the idea that the current generation is lazy, poorly prepared, not aspired, technology dependent, and dumb. These young individuals are under many pressures due to the new upcomings and advancements taking place in their lives. Expectations from past generations affect them greatly; the present day is completely different to 40 years ago. Technological advancements that involve the media have impacted not only today's generation but the …
How Does A Family’S Financial Status Impact A Child’S Mental Health Growth?, Jacob Faapito
How Does A Family’S Financial Status Impact A Child’S Mental Health Growth?, Jacob Faapito
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Children’s mental health is greatly affected by a lack of resources due to low income. The less money one has, the less access to necessities given. Access to education and health care are some of the biggest contributors affected by this problem. Understanding and bringing awareness to the problem can help open doors to give these children in poverty proper education and health care along with basic living necessities.
Depression's Impact On Students' Academic Work Ethics, Kelis Green
Depression's Impact On Students' Academic Work Ethics, Kelis Green
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
The effects of successful academic work ethics are diminishing as adolescent burnout rises. This research focuses on high school students grades 9-12. It is critical to comprehend why school burnout is on the rise so that we can learn how to effectively help teenagers be successful at work and in school. Academic related burnout is due to a variety of factors, including despair and a sense of academic overburden. According to scholarly studies, schoolrelated depression has a negative impact on a teen's work ethic, as well as increasing burnout and a lack of interest in the curriculum. Academic depression must …