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The Effect Of Facebook On Body Dissatisfaction: Ethnicity As A Possible Moderator, Haley E. Brown
The Effect Of Facebook On Body Dissatisfaction: Ethnicity As A Possible Moderator, Haley E. Brown
Senior Projects Spring 2018
Eating disorders have demonstrated the most extreme rise in prevalence out of all the mental illnesses since 1990 (Lozano et al., 2012). However, research has largely neglected to investigate cross-cultural effects on disordered eating, and thus, findings may only apply to Western samples. Only two known prior studies have investigated effects of social media on disordered eating cross-culturally. This project helps fill a substantial research gap by examining social media effects on body image concerns in a culturally diverse sample of Australian undergraduate women (N= 185). The effect of a ten-minute Facebook exposure on women’s body dissatisfaction and appearance comparison …
Thrilled Or Chilled: Exploring Factors Of Horror Movie Enjoyment, Katharine Miyajima Lynn Hochswender
Thrilled Or Chilled: Exploring Factors Of Horror Movie Enjoyment, Katharine Miyajima Lynn Hochswender
Senior Projects Spring 2018
Horror movies have become more popular than ever in recent years and with media becoming an all-consuming part of our daily lives, this study proposes to examine some of the factors that contribute to so many people choosing to attend films that aim to scare them. Five variables were chosen, based on previous studies on horror movie viewership, that would contribute to filling gaps in the existing literature. The Dark Triad traits of psychopathy, narcissism, and Machiavellianism were hypothesized as having a positive correlation with horror movie enjoyment and a lower physiological response during the viewing of a horror movie …