The Relationship Between Positive Mental Energy and Marital Status

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Kelsey Onyia

Hello! I am a Psychology student here at Wesleyan and taking QAC201 this semester has greatly developed my interest in quantitative research.

Abstract: Using The U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health Wave V), along with Stata coding language, this project will be studying the relationship between marital status and one’s mental capability to overcome negativity, specifically pertaining to negativity in emotional wellbeing. In order to study this relationship, this project will be using AddHealth participants’ responses related to their levels of confidence in handling conflict, marital status, depression, and the feeling of being overwhelmed. Through assessing these responses, the relationship between married individuals and individual mental positivity prove to be higher than those who aren’t married, suggesting a strong correlation and potential causation between marriage and overall mental positivity.

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