During a recent presentation at the FF-TIP Lab, Marina Morris, a first-year graduate student, shared insights into her master’s thesis topic on social withdrawal and the concept of hikikomori. Marina began by discussing existing research on social withdrawal and current trends in marriage and birth rates. She then defined hikikomori as extreme social withdrawal, highlighting Read more

During a recent presentation for the FF-TIP Lab, Katie Romzek, a first-year graduate student, presented her current research on depression and social distancing for her master’s thesis. Katie first discussed the concept of social distancing, which differs from the context of COVID-19. She defined it as the amount of physical or emotional distance you want Read more

Last week, Gina Reyes, a first-semester undergraduate research assistant at the FF-TIP Lab, presented an article on religious and spiritual identities and how they change over time. The article, titled “Religious and spiritual identities: evaluating change over time, identity salience, and the influence of aging” by Neal Krause & Gail Ironson (2024), aimed to identify Read more