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Keywords
Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Research--Methodology; Depression, Mental--Research--Methodology; Anonymous persons; Self-evaluation; Academic theses;
Abstract
This research examined the impact of anonymity on self reports of alcohol consumption and depressive symptoms. Participants (N=363) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (1) Non anonymous or (2) Anonymous. All participants were administered the BDI and the MAST. Compared to the non anonymous group, those in the anonymous groups had significantly different higher means on the depression inventories. Women yielded significantly higher depression score means than men, but no significant differences were found between mean and women for alcohol use or between anonymous and non anonymous conditions. The level of alcohol use by both college men and women was clearly within the alcohol abuse range as defined by the MAST. These results suggest that studies on depression and alcohol use by college students may yield very different results than studies on other populations.
Year of Submission
2009
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Psychology
First Advisor
John Somervill
Second Advisor
Andrew Gilpin
Third Advisor
John E. Williams
Date Original
2009
Object Description
1 PDF file (49 leaves)
Copyright
©2009 Yolanda Latrice Evans
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Evans, Yolanda Latrice, "The Effects of Anonymity on Self Reports of Depression and Alcohol Consumption" (2009). Dissertations and Theses @ UNI. 2592.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/etd/2592
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