2015 IU Southeast Student Conference
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Item Dancing WormsPryor, David ThomasItem The Connection between Personality Traits and Perceived Stress: An In-Depth Look at How Personality Traits Can Influence Perceived Stress during an Immersion Study in a Developing NationMorris, ChristopherThe purpose of this study is to examine the relationships of the Big Five personality traits on levels of perceived student stress. A convenience sample of 28 undergraduate students (13 who were immersed in the culture of a developing nation and 15 in a normal setting) completed measures of perceived stress and the NEO-Personality Inventory. It was found that personality traits (neuroticism and extraversion) play a role in how stress is perceived, and that there is significant differences between the experimental and control groups on levels of perceived stress.Item Deciphering the Role of the sinR Gene Homolog in Halobacillus BBL2006Martinez, Jesie; Kirchner, GretchenThe sinR gene and its protein are responsible for the regulation of biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Bacterial biofilms are important ecologically and medically, so the study of biofilm formation in the environmental isolate Halobacillus BBL2006 could contribute significantly to the knowledge of these bacterial systems. We have recently sequenced and annotated the whole genome of Halobacillus BBL2006, and identified and isolated a homolog to the sinR gene. We plan to mutate (knock out) the sinR gene in the Halobacillus bacteria to determine the effect upon biofilm formation in this organism.Item Credit Card Debt and Compulsive Buying among College StudentsWethington, Jeremy; Harper, BaileyItem Credit Card Debt and Compulsive BuyingHarper, BaileyFinancial stability is very important especially for college students who are just starting out on their own. Credit card use and compulsive buying could have a very strong effect on college students’ financial stability. In order to further understand credit card use and compulsive buying, this study correlates them with money attitudes and financial knowledge. Previous research has found correlations between financial knowledge and credit card use as well as compulsive buying. Previous research has also showed correlations between money attitudes and both credit card use and compulsive buying. 96 participants were given four surveys which looked at money attitudes, financial knowledge, credit card use, and compulsive buying. Results showed that those with power-prestige money attitudes were more likely to have higher credit card use and compulsive spending. Results also showed that those with a higher financial knowledge were more likely to have lower credit card use and compulsive spending.