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Item The Relationship Between Pain and Myers-Briggs Personality Factors(Montana State University Billings, 2024) McChesney, Teague; McMullen, MatthewPain is a multifaceted experience with an etiology that can be difficult to trace. Pain can also be difficult to understand and cope with in many instances. This study was an archival research study that examined an existing dataset originally created by Sylvain Guimond and Wael Massrieh for their study, Intricate Correlation between Body Posture, Personality Trait and Incidence of Body Pain: A Cross-Referential Study Report. The researchers sought to analyze whether or not there are links between physical pain and a person's personality. The dataset that was created collected information about various participants including their age, weight, height, sex, and activity level; information about biomechanical pain located in the neck and/or spinal areas was also collected. Personality was assessed using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test of personality. This research presented a correlational analysis between pain and MBTI categories. The results of correlational analyses showed pain was not strongly correlated with MBTI categories. ANOVA was conducted between pain and personality type to gauge whether pain levels were different between MBTI personalities. No significant differences were found between Myers-Briggs personality types and pain. Other descriptive results were also presented.Item Effects of Frequent Internet Use on Aspects of COVID-19(2024) Petermann, Hailey; McMullen, MatthewThe COVID-19 pandemic changed many people’s way of life. In the early stages, there was a lot of skepticism surrounding the pandemic and how much the media should be trusted. In 2020, the American Trends Panel created by Pew Research Center collected survey data on Americans' skepticism of news media. Research conducted on the data showed frequency of internet use had an effect on attitudes related directly to COVID-19, like wearing a mask in public, employment status post-pandemic, thinking symptoms are COVID without being diagnosed, and what life would look like post-pandemic. The results will shed light on how influential frequent internet usage is on American people’s opinions.Item The Impact of COVID-19 on Work and Marriage(2024) Power, Emma; McMullen, MatthewBoth research and the personal anecdotes of many people indicate that the COVID-19. pandemic resulted in the losses of many jobs or the significant alterations of working conditions. It has also been shown that the pandemic presented challenges for interpersonal relationships, especially for cohabitating married individuals. In this vein, this present research project aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment and on marriage by using archival GSS results from 2018 and 2022.