Another Batch of Research Ideas

My Experimental Psychology (PSY 402) students at Texas A&M University-Texarkana (where I occasionally serve as an adjunct instructor) have come up with the following ideas for research and completed prospectuses for them. I thought I'd share them with you:

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Iraqi War Veterans Completing One or More Tours
• Is There any Difference Between African-American and Caucasian Women in Weight and Health Consciousness?
• Education Level and Occurrence of Mental Illness Among Veterans: An Archival Study
• Domestic Violence: Women Violated by Men
• Who Faces More Job Stress, Correctional or Police Officers?
• Effortless Learning? Memory Capability in Sleep
• Religion and Infidelity Among African-American and Caucasian-American Males
• Effect of 8-Session Hypnosis Training on Chronic Pain Levels
• Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Later Adolescent and Adult Sexual Functioning
• What Causes People to Physically Harm Themselves?
• Gender and Religion: Effects on Support of Capital Punishment
• Likelihood of Abused Children Becoming Child Abusers
• College Students' Self-Diagnosis of Depression: Results fromPsychology, Nursing, Business, and English Majors
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Prevalence in Rural and Urban Populations
• Presence of Music and Exercising Effort in Traditional College Students
• Does Perception of Old Age Change over the Lifespan?
• Likelihood of Suicide Among Adolescents Taking Prescription Antidepressant Medications
• Education Within a Correctional Facility: Does it Reduce Recidivism?
• Do People with Dyslexia Share the Same Personality Traits?
• Abused Children: Levels of Aggression Following Counseling
• Will Employees Quit Their Jobs if Employer Becomes a Tobacco-free Facility?

Recall that I strive to get students to pick topics that interest them so they can sustain their interest in the task of creating a prospectus over the course of the semester. Also, I believe the topics students choose make an interesting barometer revealing what students think about when given the opportunity.