Lauren Crabtree

• Developed hypotheses concerning aspects of relationships of couples cohabiting during the COVID-19 pandemic using global and diary measures from online surveys
• Ran analyses using mixed model ANOVAs with the SPSS program
• Created an expansive data set with specific variables to test our original hypotheses
• Coded thousands of lines of data to ensure high reliability of diary measures

Will attend and present the findings from SCOPE 2021 research at a premier international event catering to personality and social psychology

Applied Psychology Research Capstone

• Collaboratively executed literary reviews on human interactions in confined spaces, relationship interference, and capsule environments
• Executed a 27-page paper on the topic of the main effect of household density and space on stress, conflict, relationship satisfaction, and relationship interference in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Inquiry-based Research Methods

• Developed novel hypotheses on emotional suppression and its effects on relationship satisfaction
• Analyzed survey responses on questions about suppression and emotional support within early romantic relationships and platonic relationships
• Executed a 12-page paper on the topic of the association between emotional suppression and perceived emotional support within platonic and early romantic relationships yeilding significant results