Research Update: Pre-Thesis, Sport Performance, and Persistence of Anguish

          Hey folks, I have quite  few irons in the fire at the present time.  This post will give an overview of the projects I am currently working on for various courses.  The topics are fairly steady, but those, and for sure the details are subject to change in the future.  The last entry is of my pre-thesis work including several graphs that are for DEMONSTRATION ONLY!  The graphs listed here do not reflect any data collected.

Brief and Narrative Therapy:

• Midterm Essay Topic - Solution-Focused Therapy Principles Applied to Sport Performance
• Final Essay - Unknown topic at this time

Psychology of Suffering Disorders:

• Final Paper Topic - The Persistence of Anguish and Trauma's Effect on Personality
• Final Project - My group and I are doing some work for the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health & Disabilities' Disaster Mental Health website under the the Public / General Public sections with the "Preparedness and Planning" and "Immediately Following a Disaster" pages.

Theoretical and Clinical Assessment:

*No current projects planned but learning and practicing (to say I never get it right) nearly every day.

Research Methods (Precursor to My Thesis):

         This project is essentially the foundational rough draft of my research proposal that I plan to use for my thesis work prior to graduating with my Master's Degree.  The project will look at two populations; 1)  Cancer Patients receiving in-patient care, and 2) Members of the General Population with similar demographic statistics but are not receiving in-patient medical care.  The study will assess both samples with three assessments; 1) Beck's Hopelessness Scale, 2) a Quality of Life Assessment (a particular one has not been chosen at this time), and 3)  an Existential Anxiety Questionnaire.  The results of the study will compare the mean scores of the samples for each of the three assessments.  The study will also conduct a correlative analysis between each of the assessments with both samples taken into consideration.  Below you will find SAMPLE charts of how the data will be presented.  NOTE:  These charts are for demonstration purposes only!  No data has been collected and as such these graphs do not reflect the results of any study or data sets.