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METHOD |
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Participants Participants
include university undergraduate students from the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, in addition to friends and associates of students enrolled
in an introductory stats course. Each student in the class completed a survey
and then collected more surveys from other students in classes, dormitories,
Greek housing, apartments, etc. There were a total of 391 surveys collected
with a ratio of 43.5% males to 56.5% females with an average age of 20.939
(Std.=2.0979) with a range of 17-35. Ethnicity includes 91.6%
European-Americans, 14% Asian-Americans, 9% Hispanic-Americans, 6%
African-Americans, 2% Native-American, and 1% other. Materials Each
participant completed a self-report questionnaire in a natural setting. The
questionnaire included demographic questions, such as age, gender, race,
etc., and a set of surveys. Several surveys were collected but this analysis
uses the Interpersonal Dependency Inventory (IDI) which measures thoughts,
behaviors and feelings about the need for close relationships. Subscales of
the IDI used in this analysis are the Emotional Reliance scale where higher
scores mean more reliance, and the Assertion of Autonomy scale where higher
scores mean higher autonomy. Procedure Investigators each completed one survey, then sought
out other undergraduate students (regardless of age) to complete an
additional 5 surveys per researcher. Surveys were then organized, scored, and
entered into large databases of data from multiple sections. Then I
formulated hypotheses and completed the appropriate analyses. |