Personal Statement for Vanderbilt University
Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.—43.7 million, or 18.6%—experiences mental illness in a given year. 18.1% of adults in the U.S. experienced an anxiety disorder such as posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and specific phobias. Anxiety disorders stem specifically from an intense worry or fear that affects social, occupational or other important areas of functioning. Furthermore, among the 20.7 million adults in the U.S. who experienced a substance use disorder, 40.7%—8.4 million adults—had a co-occurring mental illness. These two major statistics share a commonalities that involves emotions, stress, and coping skills. The prevalence of these statistics are only flames …show more content…
Statements of invincibility like “it could never happen to me” lead me to my own personal research in undergraduate. I understand that people are struggling to control their emotions therefore, more research needs to examine the etiology of emotions and stress. In undergraduate, I completed research that investigating the relationship between invincibility and risky behaviors among college students, particularly alcohol consumption in academic performance. Through this research experience I was able to gain a full understanding for the groundwork of research and significant findings. Consequently, my results showed a negative correlation with academic performance and risky behavior. Individuals that participated in more risky behavior were more likely to have lower GPAs than individuals who did not participate in risky behavior. As a result, I would like to further my research and understand the correlation between thinking rational and emotions when under stress. Throughout my research, the statistics part of research was the most interesting to me because through computer analyzing the correlations between different factors can be determine as it relates to positive and negative correlation. Processing the information that comes from the statistics allowed me to evaluate the significance of the findings and offer ways to implicate the study to receive better significant findings. I was also allotted the opportunity to present my research at the Georgia Psychological Conference along with other undergraduates which provided me the constructive feedback to conduct more descriptive
Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.—43.7 million, or 18.6%—experiences mental illness in a given year. 18.1% of adults in the U.S. experienced an anxiety disorder such as posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and specific phobias. Anxiety disorders stem specifically from an intense worry or fear that affects social, occupational or other important areas of functioning. Furthermore, among the 20.7 million adults in the U.S. who experienced a substance use disorder, 40.7%—8.4 million adults—had a co-occurring mental illness. These two major statistics share a commonalities that involves emotions, stress, and coping skills. The prevalence of these statistics are only flames …show more content…
Statements of invincibility like “it could never happen to me” lead me to my own personal research in undergraduate. I understand that people are struggling to control their emotions therefore, more research needs to examine the etiology of emotions and stress. In undergraduate, I completed research that investigating the relationship between invincibility and risky behaviors among college students, particularly alcohol consumption in academic performance. Through this research experience I was able to gain a full understanding for the groundwork of research and significant findings. Consequently, my results showed a negative correlation with academic performance and risky behavior. Individuals that participated in more risky behavior were more likely to have lower GPAs than individuals who did not participate in risky behavior. As a result, I would like to further my research and understand the correlation between thinking rational and emotions when under stress. Throughout my research, the statistics part of research was the most interesting to me because through computer analyzing the correlations between different factors can be determine as it relates to positive and negative correlation. Processing the information that comes from the statistics allowed me to evaluate the significance of the findings and offer ways to implicate the study to receive better significant findings. I was also allotted the opportunity to present my research at the Georgia Psychological Conference along with other undergraduates which provided me the constructive feedback to conduct more descriptive