Research shows how bullying severity, motivation impact mental health
Frequency is the most common metric when examining the effects of bullying on a victim, but Skye Wingate’s new research examines how severity and intention impact mental health. Her study found that when bullying messages were severe and the victim perceived those messages to be about innate characteristics, the effects on mental health were the most negative. Wingate and her team collected survey data from college students and then coded their responses to open-ended questions to measure levels of severity and levels of the victim’s emotional reaction. These findings could shape coping or prevention programs designed to counsel victims of bullying.
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Riley Rapert
Riley Rapert once envisioned becoming a doctor or surgeon, but her perspective on the health care field broadened throughout her undergraduate years as a bioengineering major. With an interest in medical device research and development, Riley stayed at Clemson to pursue her master’s degree through the accelerated bachelor’s-to-graduate program. That chosen path allowed her to begin a graduate-level research project during her senior year. Working with professor Robert Latour, Riley developed a device that will allow chronic kidney disease patients to monitor their symptoms from home. The new technology will soon progress to clinical trials at Prisma Health-Upstate.
Jessica Baron, Adam Smith, Eric Patterson and Daljit Singh Dhillon
Baron and her team received a grant for a multiyear study focused on how feather microstructures produce color and iridescence. The collaboration will lead to the first computer-graphics model specifically developed for feathers, which will help generate more photorealistic images of feathers and feathered creatures for visualization, illustration, documentaries and interactive graphics.
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