This is such an important topic. I’m glad you explored it. My main question is whether you think that your predictors or measurement variables (IV’s or DV’s) caused your null results, or if it was just not enough power. In particular, I wonder if the scales were too focused on clinical concerns to register differences in your sample.

Great job!

This was a great and topical research project. I would be interested to see it repeated with a larger sample size, as well as a follow up study after the pandemic with some of the same participants to determine whether having these academic and social interactions in person instead of online produces any differences in the data.

I think you all picked a very relevant and important research topic, in light of current events. You all put together some beautiful presentations, and were very well-spoken. I also wondered about Dr. Rettinger’s question regarding whether results may have been different if scales that were more focused on general happiness and well-being, as opposed to so many clinical outcomes, had been used. It seems like an area that definitely merits further exploration! Thanks so much for sharing.

Great job! It was the perfect topic for this time. I wondering if the results can change if there is more variability of race, genders, and open to different levels of undergraduate student.

I think this is a really important topic and I am glad you studied it. This has been such a strange year that for many people the opportunities to socialize or do academics have only been virtual. So the fact that people were reporting that they were interacting virtually means that at least they were interacting. For example, my kids are in virtual school – but I am not totally sure they are even interacting that much! So while virtual interaction might be bad, any interaction is better than no interaction. Also, I wonder if the social effects of virtual interaction are worse for off campus students who may be more isolated. On campus students living in a pod with friend may not be as harmed by virtual interaction because they also have in person interaction. So maybe instead of virtual interaction being bad, it might be a proxy for the lack of in person interaction. I would be curious about your thoughts on this.

I am curious to see if there were more participants with more diversity if the results would change. I think the subject was great for how people have interacted over the past year.

I really enjoyed reading your findings and I love that it is relevant to our everyday lives as everything is virtual. Since there is a lack of variability within the participant pool (race, gender, socioeconomic status), I believe that repeating this project would be beneficial and may even point us in the direction of a new outcome.