Week 10: Data and Results

Kashish S -

Hey Everybody, I hope your week was good! This past week, I had my AP Research presentation, and I wanted to talk about the results of my data analysis.

So, in order to correlate the two surveys that I had used, which were the DASS-21 and the Cultural Orientation Scale, I performed a multiple linear regression test, which is a test that uses the known value of 2 or more independent variables and the dependent variable to predict a trend. That means that for my project, the independent variables were the 4 scores from the Cultural Orientation Scale: the horizontal individualism score, vertical individualism score, horizontal collectivism score, and the vertical collectivism score. Then, since I’m trying to see how psychological well-being is affected by individualism/collectivism, the dependent variable in my project is the DASS-21 scores.

Overall, I received 66 responses with an even split between 1oth and 12th graders, and a couple of 9th and 11th graders. This put most of the data between ages 15-17, which was a pretty good age distribution. Here is the result distribution; I know the graph looks a bit crazy.

This shows how the exact data distribution was among all 66 participants.

So, based on the coefficients after the multiple regression, vertical collectivism (belief that one is part of a large group identity but there is a power structure existing) was positively correlated to psychological well-being, while horizontal individualism (ideal that someone is completely autonomous and equal to everyone else) was negatively correlated to well-being. This actually completely refuted my original beliefs, as I had predicted that horizontal collectivism would be positively correlated to well-being, while vertical individualism would be negatively linked to psychological well-being. 

These results were really interesting because it showed that even in an individualistic-shifting world, collectivism is still having a positive relationship with well-being, reinforcing what I learned during my time at Native Health. Thank you for reading my blog!

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