Recently, Avery Machuk, a senior at Oakland University and research assistant here in the FF-PTG Lab, gave a step-back presentation regarding her honors college thesis on changes in social anxiety. In her presentation, she investigated social anxiety and social anxiety disorder, as well as some of the data collected from her study.
Avery presented two hypotheses which were covered thoroughly throughout her presentation. Not before describing the background to her study, going over the effects social anxiety and social anxiety disorder can have on individuals who experience it regularly. For example, 7-12% of the U.S population is impacted by social anxiety, and social anxiety disorder can lead to difficulties completing everyday tasks, decreased social performance, and
feelings of loneliness.
After setting the grounds for her hypotheses, Avery went on to explain the methods, participants, analysis plans, and preliminary results within her study. She presented her study’s findings thus far and their relation to her hypotheses.
After presenting, Avery took a “step back” to allow her fellow lab members to discuss how open-ended responses can be analyzed and integrated into her other parts of analyses. The goal of this process is to allow others to think about this project as if it is their own study, and possibly produce new ideas the author may not see.
Avery’s study is still ongoing, and we look forward to seeing what’s in store for her research within the next few months!
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