Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/96528870670
Amelia Platt
Amelia is a sophomore double-majoring in Math and Sociology from Montclair, NJ. At Wesleyan she plays club soccer, club ultimate frisbee, she is a tour guide and works at Admissions, and tutors elementary school and middle school students.
Abstract: This project investigates if time spent with family members at family dinner is associated with adolescents’ feelings of closeness with their parents. After determining that relationship, I furthered that line of thinking and examined the adolescents’ feelings of happiness. Data was drawn from 20,000 participants from the first wave of the The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health). Analysis showed that those who feel high levels of closeness with mother and high levels of closeness with father have the highest levels of happiness. The data prove that there is a significant association between the frequency of family dinners, how close one feels to each and both of their parents and, in turn, how happy they feel.
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