Sociology research proposal
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The Effect of Growing in a Stepfamily on Children
1) Furstenburg, Frank F. 1990. “Divorce and the American Family.” Annual Review of Sociology16:379–403. Retrieved October 25, 2018 (http:// web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.oswego.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail?vid=12&sid=d3ed3c74-84b2-4ecf-9176-855c3d3d2a86@sdc-v-sessmgr04&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=a9h&AN=9101282658).
This article discusses the effects on children following a recent divorce as well as the effects on children following the remarriage of one of their biological parents. The article examines children of different ages and gender, with findings regarding to a difference in effects.
2) Anderson, Edward R. and Shannon M. Greene. 2013. “Beyond Divorce: Research on Children in Repartnered and Remarried Families.” Family Court Review51(1):119–30. Retrieved October 25, 2018 (http:// web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.oswego.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail?vid=23&sid=d3ed3c74-84b2-4ecf-9176-855c3d3d2a86@sdc-v-sessmgr04&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=a9h&AN=84783109).
This article discusses the transition period between going from a single-parent household and a blended family household and the disconnect between stepparents and stepchildren. This article looks at children of different ages, and finds that adolescents tend to have more difficulties during the transition period than that of younger children.
3) Nicholson, Jan M. and David M. Fergusson. 1999. “Effects on Later Adjustment of Living in a Stepfamily during Childhood and Adolescence.” Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry & Allied Disciplines40(3). Retrieved October 25, 2018 (http:// web.a.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.oswego.edu:2048/ehost/detail/detail?vid=19&sid=ba6ccd70-76aa-4501-9333-2c4fd128f3c4@sdc-v-sessmgr01&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=a9h&AN=2077527).
This article studies children ages 6-16 who have been become a part of a stepfamily during such age, until they are the age of 18. Such study found that children ages 6-16 whom live among stepfamilies are more likely to become involved in illegal activity or activity against the societal norms at an earlier age than children living amongst both biological parents.
Social Media Use and Depression: Already Depressed or Depressed by Social Media?
Lin, Lui Yi, Jaime E. Sidani, Ariel Shensa, Ana Radovic, Elizabeth Miller, Jason B. Colditz, Beth L. Hoffman, Leila M. Giles, and Brian A. Primack. 2016. “Association between Social Media Use and Depression among U.S. Young Adults.” Depression and Anxiety 33(4): 323-331. Retrieved October 29, 2018 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853817/).
This source is all about the association between depression and social media use in young adults. Providing data that suggests that the more social media a young adult uses the more depressed they will be. This would be a strong source to use when arguing that social media use causes depression.
Primack, Brain A., Ariel Shensa, Caesar G. Escobar-Viera, Erica L. Barrett, Jaime E. Sidani, Jason B. Colditz, A. Everette James. 2017. “Use of multiple social media platforms and symptoms of depression and anxiety: A nationally-representative study among U.S. young adults.” Computers in Human Behavior 69: 1-9. Retrieved October 29, 2018. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563216307543).
This source talks about how using multiple social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Tinder, etc.) leads to people being more depressed and being more anxious. Stating that there is a strong association between using multiple social media platforms and being depressed and anxious. This would be a good source to use to argue that social media causes depression, however, it says that they are only associated to each other and not a direct cause, so I will need to keep looking for articles on that.
Shaw, Lindsay H. and Larry M. Gant. 2002. "In Defense of the Internet: The Relationship between Internet Communication and Depression, Loneliness, Self-Esteem, and Perceived Social Support." CyberPsychology & Behavior 5(2): 157-171. Retrieved October 29, 2018 (https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/63277).
This source defends the internet and would be a great opposing viewpoint source. It could also be something to add to my arsenal if I decide to go the opposite way and say that social media does not cause depression, that there is some third variable we are missing. Regardless, this source provides data against my hypothesis pertaining to social media and depression and would be beneficial to analyze in my proposal.
Shop Till You Drop: Living in a Depressive and Materialistic World
Kashdan, Todd B. and William E. Breen. 2007. "Materialism and Diminished Well-Being: Experiential Avoidance as a Mediating Mechanism." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 26 (5): 521-539.
1. This article suggested that there exists an inverse relationship between materialism and emotional well-being and further hypothesized that experiential avoidance was the developing cause of the associations between materialistic values and diminished well-being. After testing, the study's findings suggested that experiential avoidance fully mediated the hypothesized relationships between materialistic values and each dimension of well-being. This is useful to my research proposal because it investigated precisely what I am interested in concerning the relationship between materialism and one's emotional health. Most interestingly, the article takes on an alternative viewpoint, by suggesting common avoidance of experiences as a result of materialism, which could effectively lead to the diminishing of one's emotional well-being.
Cifuentes, Manuel, Grace Sembajwe, SangWoo Tak, Rebecca Gore, David Kriebel, and Laura Punnet. 2008. "The Association of Major Depressive Episodes with Income Inequality and the Human Development Index." Social Science & Medicine. 67 (4): 529-539.
2. This article estimated the association between country income distribution and human development, with the 12-month occurrence of major depressive episodes across countries. The study used existing data produced by the World Health Organization and included over 250,000 individuals throughout 65 countries. The study found separate correlations between a country's wealth, development, and income inequality with the occurrence of major depressive episodes. This study is useful to my proposal because it has collected mass amounts of data on a large scale that evaluates the relationship between wealth distribution and measurements of depression.
Reeves, Robert A., Gary A. Baker, and Chris S. Truluck. (2012) "Celebrity Worship, Materialism, Compulsive Buying, and the Empty Self." Psychology and Marketing. 29 (9): 674-679.
3. This study examined a collection of university students and tested common assumptions from the absorption-addiction model of celebrity worship and the empty self-theory. The study further evaluates the relationship between materialism and compulsive buying with both of these theories. As a result, the absorption-addiction model and the empty-self theory serve as potential manifestations of depression due to materialism. Rather, the inverse could be discussed as well, whereas the effects described in both theories may be a cause of depression. Thus, the results of this study and the theories themselves will provide interesting perspectives that will be of use in my research proposal.
