Research Participation Opportunities for Current Students

This page contains current research projects in the Department of Psychology, as well as results from past studies. Many of these studies are available for research participation credit and/or extra credit in certain courses. If you are a current student in Psychology needing to post your study opportunity, please contact Kathryn Mayes in the Psychology Department office (628-4405, kmayes@fhsu.edu)

Friendship's Influence on Self-Esteem Results
Mark W. Dickey, Toni Nelson, Stephanie Potter

Results
A Pearson correlation addressed the relationship between friendship quality (M = 6.59, SD = 1.86) and level of self-esteem (M = 17.07, SD = 4.54). For an alpha level of .01, the correlation between friendship quality and self-esteem level was found to be statistically significant, r(151) = 1.00, p < .01. This indicates that friendship quality and level of self esteem are positively related.
As hypothesized, the correlation quality of friendship and self-esteem was highly significant.