Faculty Sponsor: Valerie Nazzaro
Live Poster Session: Zoom Link Goes Here
Stella Tollis
Stella Tollis is a sophomore from New Jersey. She’s a member of the women’s crew team at Wesleyan, and plans on pursuing a Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Biology, or Chemistry (B-track) major. She has always loved the outdoors, and enjoys spending time outside running, rowing, hiking, and skiing. In her free time she loves painting (especially acrylic), and has also recently gotten into collage! In her research project, she is studying how people make decisions and approach dealing with their problems, as influenced by how they spent their free time in childhood/adolescence.
Abstract: Physical exercise is known to have significant impacts on improving general wellbeing, mental health, and overall mood. More seriously, physical exercise is also linked to improving symptoms of anxiety, and is commonly recommended as supplemental treatment to partially relieve symptoms of stress-related disorders, such as perpetual feelings of being overwhelmed. This research attempts to suggest whether there is a specific relationship between comfort level in managing problems in adulthood with physical activity experienced in childhood. The statistical analyses performed, including Chi Square Test of Independence, show that there were lower proportions of respondents who engaged in physical activity through sports teams more frequently throughout childhood that later on reported feeling out of control with problem management in adulthood.
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