Srimayi L's Senior Project Blog
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Project Title: A Broader Lens on Military Sexual Assault and its Relation to Eastern and Western Culture BASIS Advisor: Thomas Carpenter Internship Location: ASU Onsite Mentor: Dr. Rachel Larson |
Project Abstract
How does the difference in the reports of sexual assault and trauma faced in the military and the mental health effects compare between eastern and western cultures and the portrayal of their views on this issue? The title of my project is, A Broader Lens on Military Sexual Assault and its Relation to Eastern and Western Culture. I plan on collecting data derived from published sources and data reports from militaries of a group of both eastern and western countries, collecting rates of sexual assault inside and outside of the military for each country and the resulting mental health rates. The rising number of sexual trauma cases in militaries across the world pose a significant threat to the mental health of military personnel, an issue that needs more awareness. The desired result is for there to be a statistical difference in the sexual trauma rates and resulting mental health issues between the eastern and western countries in order to find the vulnerable populations for this problem.
Operation Conclusion: Helping in Raising Awareness About Military Sexual Trauma
Hello everyone! Welcome to my final blog post about my senior project! I have already mentioned in my last post about the journey I went through and the skills I acquired through this year while working on my project, so I’d like to take this post to relay my gratitude to the people who have... Read More
Post-Assessment: My Research Journey About Military Sexual Trauma
Hello everyone! As I mentioned in my last post, I have been working on my final presentation and product with my research. The process is going well so far, and I am close to finishing. I would like to take this post to review and talk about some of the experiences I went through with... Read More
Reorganization: Presenting Data Analysis About Military Sexual Trauma
Hello everyone! As I mentioned in my last post, I will now provide some updates on my data analysis. To restate my process, I performed a T-Test for three pairs of data sets to determine if there was a statistically significant difference between them. The data with the military and general sexual assault rates for... Read More
Defensive Phase: A Statistically Significant Difference in Military Sexual Trauma Between the East and West
Hello everyone! As I mentioned in my last post, I will now describe some of my plans for my data analysis. In my last post, I mentioned that I will be doing the T-Test to determine if the military sexual assault rates from the east and west have a statistically significant difference. In addition to... Read More
Stabilization: Influences on the Reporting of Military Sexual Assault
Hello everyone! As I mentioned in my last post, I will now discuss the mental health effects of military sexual trauma and cultural differences between the east and west that can influence the incidence and reporting rate of this crime. The mental health problems associated with military sexual trauma or with military experience were depression,... Read More
Position Consolidation: The Role of Culture in Military Sexual Assault
Hello everyone! As I mentioned in my last post, I will now discuss some of the remaining trends I observed from my data that are connected to the culture of the countries. As I mentioned before, there is something called basic pay that all personnel receive which consists of the majority of their salary. However,... Read More
Breakthrough: Exploring the Trends of Military Sexual Assault
Hello everyone! As I mentioned in my last post, I have been working on my graph and analysis to find trends in my data. I will now discuss some of the trends and notes I was able to observe from my graph. Firstly, all of the countries that I am looking at have a minimum... Read More
Target Acquisition: A Vulnerable Population for Military Sexual Assault
Hello everyone! As I said in my recent post, I will now describe certain factors’ relation to military sexual assault which I am collecting information on for each country in my research. The results of this data collection process will be discussed next week once all factors and content within my table are refined. Once... Read More
Pursuit: The Factors Within Military Sexual Assault
Hello everyone! I have researched about and acquired data on the global lens on military sexual assault as mentioned in my previous post. The countries I am looking at for western countries are the United States, France, Ireland, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Norway, and the eastern countries are India, South Korea, Israel,... Read More
Assembly: The Global Statistics of Military Sexual Assault
Hello everyone! As I am finishing with collecting the most recent statistics available regarding military sexual assault, I will now present parts of the process and data from my research. Firstly, as I looked for statistics, I searched for 2023 reports specifically as a means of getting the most recent data available for the countries.... Read More
Gathering Intel: Looking at Military Sexual Assault in a Global Perspective
Hello everybody! As the first week of research has commenced, I will detail some main findings from examining military sexual assault across nations, the initial step of my research. Firstly, I observed a difference in the accessibility of military sexual assault and trauma rates between countries. Finding the official reports of these cases was easier... Read More
Preparation: Context on Military Sexual Assault
Hello everybody! My name is Srimayi Lakkireddy, and I am a senior here at BASIS Phoenix. I would like to introduce my senior project, currently titled “A Broader Lens on Military Sexual Assault and its Relation to Eastern and Western Culture.” I have been interested in this topic for a long time as I have... Read More