Hello all! I really enjoyed watching your presentation. I think you picked a good topic focusing on COVID considering all that has happened in 2020-2021. There have certainly been heightened anxieties due to COVID-19. Before coming to campus I had extreme worries about contracting the virus and getting my friends and roommate sick. I panicked and almost did not come to campus for fear of testing positive even when I had remained socially distant from others and careful all summer. I would have a scratchy throat (which was just allergies) and consistently check my temperature in fear that I had been infected. There were definitely days where I though about COVID every single day and I was terrified. I thought you guys conducted a very professional and effective survey. Overall, really nice presentation!

Hello! I just wanted to start out by saying that I really enjoyed this presentation! The graphics and visuals were helpful in understanding the topic and I enjoyed them since i am a visual learner. This research is one that is going to be so important in years to come and the acknowledgment that the pandemic has changed since October is one that is so important.

Overall, I enjoyed this presentation and I learned a lot! Great Job!

Hi everyone! Your study topic was super interesting and extremely relevant as we are still experiencing the pandemic. I know that rates of depression and anxiety have increased with the pandemic so it was interesting and not too surprising that your study found COVID-19 obsession, anxiety sensitivity, and anxiety to be positively correlated with each other. It seems fear of COVID goes hand in hand with increased anxiety. I remember when the pandemic first started I was terrified of getting it and even more scared of exposing my parents to it. I definitely worried every day about COVID and in the digital world we live in and increase in social media, not a day goes by where we don’t hear about COVID, making it super hard to escape the anxious thoughts and feelings. Your presentation was very well put together with clear information and engaging content, great job!

Hi everybody! You guys did a great job on your presentation. I liked the pictures you used and I learned a lot. I definitely understand why some people have increased anxiety over COVID since it’s all new and confusing. I think now that we have vaccines and there’s less news coverage that our fear and anxiety is starting to decrease. This research will definitely be useful for future studies.

Great job. Really excellent.
I have a question about mindfulness more generally. You mention the possibility of bidirectionality and it’s a serious challenge for mindfulness research. Do you think that people who are (or can learn to be) more mindful are less prone to anxiety, ADHD, and maybe depression, or that anyone can learn mindfulness and reduce their symptoms?

The example that comes to mind is a study of people who practice yoga and the finding that they tend to have fewer weight-related health problems. It’s been claimed that yoga reduces those problems (and maybe it does), but it seems to me that people (like me) with weight-related health problems aren’t as likely (like me also) to stick with yoga.

What do you think?

Great opening to catch the interest of the audience and demonstrate the importance of the problem. Sorry if I missed this in the procedures section, but did you randomize the order of the measures or ask the Covid-specific questions after the anxiety measures? If not, is it possible that you primed them to be anxious by asking about Covid first. The slides are super clear and made it easy to understand what you did and what you found. Great job!

Hi everyone! I just want to say that I really enjoyed y’alls presentation. I thought it was a great idea that you all chose Covid and its relation to anxiety and depression. I liked the pictures on the PowerPoint and thought they helped create a better understanding of the topic. There is less research on how Covid has impacted people’s mental state, which means less education and conversation are being had in our society. This research is critical because of the issues that have been created due to the amount of information about Covid being pushed onto society. This report will be important in the next several months and years because while Covid is still present, it has changed since last year. Overall, I liked your presentation and thought it was well put together. Good Job!

Hi everyone! I’m so happy that you did a project on this, since it’s so relevant right now. I know originally you all were going to study mindfulness implementation at an elemntary school, but I think this study is just as worthwhile. I think it’s so great that you all were able to find that mindfulness and anxiety awareness are so interrelated. I personally am already quite anxious generally, and I’ve noticed that the more anxious I am on any given day, usually the less mindful I end up being. Great work, I really enjoyed this presentation, and I think you all did an amazing job.

Hello! Thank you for the insight on COVID-19 and anxiety. Although I have experienced anxiety due to COVID-19, I have not taken the time to look at the research behind it. I really like how your project brings light onto the possible worries a person might be having. I understand that the research was done in November 2020, so I wonder how this study would change if it were conducted right now or when the number of people who are vaccinated go up. Will people’s anxiety be affected by the vaccine? Amazing study and thank you for the information!

This was a super put together study and presentation! This study will not only help further research within this topic, but it will also bring this topic into awareness which will also help further research. I am interested in whether higher levels of anxiety were found in participants within a certain year in college. I know how freshman have a lot of stress on them due to everything being new to them for example, so I wonder if they showed higher levels of anxiety than other. Awesome study!

Hello, everyone! I have to say that I really enjoyed learning more about this topic. Ever since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve been wondering how such an event has affected our population’s general mental health. It makes sense that this troubling time has made many people more prone to experiencing daily anxieties, especially in regards to catching the virus. I think these effects are doubled by the fact that this event seemingly came out of nowhere for many of us. While mindfulness would certainly help to quell many people’s anxieties, not many of us had time to process the trauma that the pandemic has truly brought upon us all. For this reason, perhaps people haven’t been using the most helpful coping strategies in order to push through. Wonderful presentation, and a really interesting topic!

This was a super great and organized presentation! I love how you mentioned the participant pool as well as gave examples of your questions. The findings make sense seeing that people who generally have higher anxiety levels would also have anxiety of COVID. I also think that the added factor of social media has increased peoples’ anxiety of the virus since they can see first-hand what it looks like, what it’s doing, and how prevalent it is. I wonder if peoples’ anxiety levels would be the same if we did not have social media, or as you said with the changing pandemic, if the results would be different now or a couple of months from now.

Hello everyone, I wanted to start off by saying great job on this presentation and congrats on all your significant findings! This was a very well rounded presentation and video, I really enjoyed your results design and how you showed the data and direction of how your correlations worked. It is extremely interesting to see how much the population has changed to be more aware of small “sickness” that correlate to COVID but are necessarily the actual disease. It would be very interesting to see the results on a more diverse subject pool, hopefully another group in the future. Great job!

Hi Guys! I am very impressed and loved your presentation! I did my research on COVID for my research methods class and it was relevant and interesting as well. I think this topic especially makes the process of doing a study more intriguing! It is awesome that you did yours on COVID to contribute to more studies and find out more connections! You did an awesome job with the introduction, with statistics of COVID cases and COVID-19 concerns. It is important to have an understanding of what COVID can do to a person and its effects. This research should be more well known and hopefully will have more research on this in the future. It is awesome that you guys found significant results as well as similar results to other studies! You guys did an amazing job, thank you for sharing!

Hello! I loved this presentation – I thought it was super relevant to our current circumstances and the class I am taking, Abnormal Psychology, so this was especially interesting to me. I definitely see why anxiety and COVID obsession have affected and exasperated each other. I definitely suffered from anxiety around contracting or spreading the virus. I saw truth in the idea that being obsessed with one’s physical state and well being means that people are less able to live in the present moment and engage in mindfulness. I think this is definitely true and super intriguing. I thought the hypothesis you guys tested was very important and showed very revealing results. I am not shocked by these results but I am saddened by the effects COVID has had on the mental health of our communities. Hopefully we will see more studies on this subject in the coming future, but your work may just be paving the way. Awesome project and work!

This was a great topic and very interesting! Do you think that having anxiety before COVID affects your results? if someone already had anxiety it would probably increase during the pandemic and they would rate higher on the anxiety scale? Do you think people who obsess over the little things like sneezing or having a cough would already have anxiety before COVID? What about the people who are mindful, would their anxiety levels decrease?
Great study!

Hey! First I wanted to say you guys did a great job on your presentation! This is such a relevant and interesting topic that I enjoyed learning more about. This pandemic has had a large impact on so many people’s mental health so it is nice to see research being done on it. Good job!

Hi everyone! I think this was a great project topic and was done really well! I really liked that you picked the topic of COVID since it is still an ongoing topic that many people worry about. Do you think social media and news on COVID outbreaks contributed to anxiety increase? Do you think anxiety levels would have decreased sooner if the media cover more stories about recovery? You’re research was super informative and I really enjoyed the use of graphics. Overall I think this was a great presentation!

This presentation was engaging and well organized! The flow of your roadmap of the factors contributing to anxiety surrounding COVID-19 was easy to understand in terms of which factors contributed the most. I can see further research being done in terms of mindfulness as it will continue to be relevant in many years to come. Great job overall!

Hi, I really enjoyed your presentation, it was well organized and very interesting! I can definitely understand there being uncertainty and anxiety surrounding COVID and I think you demonstrated that very well. I also think that this topic is one that can be used for many years to come, looking at different ways major events can effect being and their well-being. It is very relevant and I think it can be taken to many more areas to use and learn from! Well done!

Hello all!
This is a great topic and presentation for the current time we’re in. I did a research project last semester on Covid-19 and found similar results to your study. I really enjoyed how you all focused on the anxiety aspect of the pandemic and how it has dramatically increased. I know I’ve struggled with the fear of going out and being around other people even though they did not have the virus. It’s so interesting how mindfulness is negatively correlated with Covid obsession, anxiety sensitivity, and anxiety. Staying mindful of both the mind and body during this time will help alleviate the stress and anxiety that a lot of us are experiencing right now. I think we have so much more to learn about the true implications that Covid-19 has taken on our lives, but your research has given more literature to consider. Thank you all for presenting your study!

Hi! As many people have commented, this is a great topic especially since we are going through it right now! Many of us are worried about contracting or spreading COVID over the past year and it has been in our minds for quite some time! I definitely think about it and get a bit anxious from it. I am so happy that all your variables correlated and you had significant results! The overall presentation was very aesthetically pleasing and I love that you used many graphics. It makes the presentation much more enjoyable.

Hello everyone! Thank you for researching and discussing such an important topic. I’m glad you started your presentation with the current number of cases and deaths; I have to admit that it hit me hard! I have experienced many new anxieties in the last year, most of which have been related to Covid. I have been extremely anxious of contracting the virus and spreading it to my high-risk family members. I also have had many anxieties that haven’t been directly caused by Covid but are in a way indirectly the result of the ongoing pandemic. You presented your findings in such a great way and I loved the way you organized your presentation. Thanks for sharing your research!

Hi Everyone!
This is a very great topic and so interesting since we have not had such a pandemic in a long time that affected the whole world and we are all worried about spreading it and getting COVID, but we are also dealing with having to do school online and in person depending on your class which makes it harder for everyone to have a set schedule. Seeing that mindfulness was negatively correlated with COVID obsession, anxiety, and anxiety sensitivity. Mindfulness is very important to keep yourself from being to stressed and from reducing anxiety which is what we all need. We have so much to learn about what a pandemic can do to the person’s mind and lifestyle and I’m sure future research will show us more in-depth of how it affects a person in the long term after we get Covid under control and can go back to how we used to be before it started. Great presentation and this was a very interesting topic.

Hi everyone! I just wanted to start by saying I really enjoyed this presentation! It was so informative and I loved the visuals! It is very interesting to see how many people had anxiety when Covid first started to happen. Everything that we were so use to changed in a matter of days which also contributed to the anxiety because did not know what was going to happen. I really hope that anxiety sensitivity decreases as we are getting vaccinated and our mindful awareness will increase. Great presentation!

Great job guys! The relevance of this topic can’t be stressed enough. Each and everyone of us has had to adapt, change, and learn to accept the harsh realities of living and being isolated in a pandemic. Although your research project emphasizes anxiety sensitivity, the discussion in general has me wondering what effects or impacts in would have on the development of agoraphobia or even social anxiety for instance. Nice work!

I loved your presentation and the topic, I thought it was very relevant since COVID-19 has been around for a year now. I had no idea that anxiety sensitivity existed and presented itself during the pandemic, I think that’s really interesting! The study you did was so cool and I loved the pie charts, it helped me get a visual for the study. The decision to measure anxiety sensitivity and the anxiety symptoms scale was a good call! I love all these pie charts!! COVID-19 anxiety may increase anxiety sensitivity, increase worry about bodily states, and increase attention. I loved this presentation! Excellent job!!

Hi all! I really enjoyed your presentation! It was very easy to follow and very pleasing to look at! I think that this topic is one that should be made so much more prevalent. I think there is such a big toll taken on your mental health during these COVID times and I really enjoyed your study. I really liked the visuals as they helped me understand the population of your study and they were easy to follow. Excellent Job!

Hello everyone! I enjoyed watching your presentation. The topic surrounding COVID19 was such a smart move, I think it is still so fresh in everyone’s lives that we can all relate to the severity of it on a deep level. This is something that researchers can look back on in ten years and really dissect the small things (like heightened anxiety) that were affected from COVID. I can relate to this; anxiety and stress over mundane things arose for me after the pandemic. Amazing job!

Hi everyone! I really loved this presentation and that the topic is so relevant to current times. COVID is something most people think about everyday and has impacted millions of peoples mental health. I think it would be interesting to see a study like this done post-covid to look at the residual effects it has left on mental health. I really liked the graphics you included and how clean the presentation was, great job!

I love that this topic is being discussed and investigated more. I feel as though, with everything going on, it is easy to undermine the effects this virus has on mental health. This presentation brought attention to something that many people are experiencing, but are lacking support, thus isolating them further. I loved how thorough and extensive this research is, and how easily absorbable the information is.

Hi all! I really appreciate that you all chose this as your research project. Since last March, COVID has changed all of our lives and you did a phenomenal job highlighting the impact of the pandemic on anxiety. I love that you also measured mindfulness and how that can impact COVID-related worries.It would be interesting to replicate this study in the future to see how long lasting of an effect COVID had on anxiety. Your presentation was so informative and engaging, great job!!

Hello everyone, amazing work on your research and presentation, I really enjoyed watching! With all the negative COVID19 has made us suffer over this past year, I’m glad research like this can be conducted to get more info about its correlation with negative mental health so we can begin to better understand how it affects us and how to help everyone recover and cope. Mindfulness is so much more important than people realize, especially now, so I always appreciate learning more about it. Great Job!

Hi everybody! I wanted to start off by saying great job on your presentation! I love how you went for this topic and the angle that you tackled your research on! I definitely agree that the pandemic has given mental health a harder punch to students, but I never realized how much of an extent it has taken towards students as you presented in your research. While this was taken early on into the semester (the data), I’m actually quite curious if mental health has continued to rise more as the pandemic continued or if it has decreased since it slowly is becoming a “normal” lifestyle. I enjoyed how much passion you gave presenting and I loved how informational it was!

Hi Emily, Purnaja, Megan, Amelia, and Haley! This presentation was very well organized, and I loved the diagrams, as they helped a lot. This was a very interesting topic and there is going to be so much more research on how COVID has affected people. I know that during the beginning of the pandemic, I was constantly anxious about COVID. You guys did a really good job!

This was a great presentation! The topic is very relevant with COVID-19 still going on and the significant findings of this study could be beneficial during this time. I appreciate how you explained that the relationship could be bidirectional and anxiety could affect someone’s ability to be mindful. Hopefully as more people get vaccinated we will become present in the moment and anxiety levels will start to lower. You all did a fantastic job with this study and it was extremely captivating. Thanks for sharing!

Hi everyone! great job on this presentation. While covid 19 is a physical illness, it is quite apparent that it can have severe consequences on mental health even if you never contract the disease. The focus on vaccinating everyone is a great step in the right direction, but I believe it will take much longer to alleviate the symptoms of depression, anxiety, and loneliness that this pandemic has caused. Overall, I think you did a great job explaining the results and limitations of the study. This really points out how difficult the covid 19 pandemic has been on everyone.

Hi everyone! Great job, and congrats on all of your hard work! I loved your presentation! It was so organized and comprehensive! This topic is very relevant, and I was so interested in watching you present your findings! Your study design was very well thought out! COVID-19 has affected all of us in very different ways, and the results of high levels of anxiety were sadly not very shocking. How were you able to decipher between previously diagnosed participants with anxiety disorders and the participants who developed them due to the pandemic?

Great job, I really enjoyed this presentation as it is something that everyone can relate to in a way. COVID was a huge source of anxiety for millions of people this year, for many serious reasons and it was easy to get caught in the general panic. Mindfulness is a great way to rationalize fears, especially with vaccines out. It would have been interesting to see how a more diverse study would have impacted this. Another interesting study could be seeing if a mindfulness practice like meditation could be useful in reducing anxiety over time with consistent practice.

This is a very interesting and comprehensive presentation, and I don’t think you could have picked a more relevant topic. Everyone has experienced anxiety about Covid-19 to some degree, and this anxiety still lingers even as more people are getting vaccinated. At one point this past summer, my mom was convinced she had Covid-19 because she had coughed more than normal one day, just like you mentioned in your presentation. I hope that enough people get vaccinated this summer that we reach herd immunity so that things can go back to normal and hopefully anxiety will lessen. I really enjoyed learning about your research!

I really enjoyed this presentation. The information was very clear and helped to convey the overall theme of the topic. I never really considered how much COVID affected a person’s anxiety and vice versa until watching the presentation. This information would really help with future research and I would love to see how this research could be continued.

Hi everyone! I really enjoyed your presentation and think the topic is very interesting and very relavent to what we are all living and experiencing in the world. I can definitely see how COVID has affected some people with their anxiety, I think that now we are all more aware of our surroundings and those around us. We tend freak out at any sound or sight we see of someone sneezing or coughing. Mindfulness is a great technique that people can use to help ease their anxiety and being more mindfully aware could benefit many people with anxiety. This was a really great and informative presentation, Great job!

Hello! I think this was an awesome study. I can personally recall times I was scared I had covid because I sneezed even though I have allergies. You chose an awesome time to study this. Congratulations on your significant findings! I think it is interesting that your relationship could be bidirectional. I wonder if the information from this study can be used outside the pandemic. For example, to help people who are afraid of getting other illnesses.

Hi! I thought your presentation was well researcher and interesting. As someone who was an essential worker during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study really resonated with me. I was constantly afraid that I had contracted the virus and potentially exposing my family to it as well. There were certainly times where I had convinced my self I was sick. Overall, I think this study is very relevant to the current state of the world and increases the conversation surrounding mental health in a global pandemic. Good job!

Excellent job to all involved in this project. The organization in particular stood out as a welcome vehicle to more comprehensively understand your results. My question is, would you expect similar results if you were to replicate this study, say, in a decade’s time, when COVID is hopefully a more distant memory?

I thought this was a well done presentation, and I enjoyed listening to the results of the study, and was interested to see that not as many people as I would have assumed suffered with more severe anxiety. This was a very important topic to do research on, as I am sure that many people are wondering the results of this study concept in their communities!