Exploring screen time and its influence on student life, including the Big Five personality traits
Theme: Mental health in a digital age
Type of research: Quantitative
Description:
This assignment focusses on how screen time influences different aspects of the life of a student, where you could for instance think of: sedentary behaviour, the influence on sleeping behaviour, perceived stress, life satisfaction, etc. You can choose and think of one of the aspects of your choice.
Additionally, the question that comes into play here is how their unique personality traits, based on the Big Five, might influence the above mentioned relationships.
An example research question that you could think of is the following:
"How is overall life satisfaction of students impacted by their screen time usage, and to what degree do the Big Five personality traits contribute to this relationship?"