Part 1: Revisiting your survey

What raised more questions for me during the responses is how many yes, we got on questions #2 asking “Have you ever experienced a mental health episode as an SIUE student?” and 9 answered yes. I think what will help is if we know why when people experience mental health episodes why they didn’t talk to anyone from the counseling services. 

Part 2: Crafting a qualitative research question

Why don’t people reach out for help when they have experienced a mental health episode?

Part 3: 

1. Mental health, counseling, the student’s mental health, and the student’s interactions

2. -How do you usually cope when you’re overwhelmed?

-When do you feel most at peace?

-What situations tend to trigger your stress or even your anxiety?

-What does “good mental health” look like to you personally?

-How do you know when you need a break?

-What habits have the biggest impact on your mood?

Part 3: Interview Protocol Design 

1. The interview is to see how much student schooling can contribute to their mental health and what are things to help or even try to show growth in their mental health. 

2.

-How do you know when your mental health needs attention?

-What situations do at school tend to affect your mood or stress levels?

-How do workloads affect students’ mental health?

-Who do students feel the most comfortable with talking to when they are experiencing mental health struggles?

-How do transitions affect your mental health?

3. The interview is to see how much students experience any type of mental health while at school and how they even cope with it or even with what things help them when they are going through a hard time. 

In/Outside of class (Homework)

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
EDWARDSVILLE

Informed Consent

  1. Kai Denham in n CODE 123 class is inviting you to participate in this research study.
  • The title of this study is Mental Health. The purpose of this study is to examine how SIUE students are dealing with mental health and if there using any of the resources that SIUE has given to the students 
  • Your participation in this study will involve answering 5 questions in approximately 20 minutes or less. Do you consent to being recorded? You can opt out at anytime 
  • The results of this study may be published in scientific research journals or presented at professional conferences. However, your name and identity will not be revealed, and your records will remain anonymous. No identifying information will be collected for any participants when you’re doing the interview 
  • Participation in this study will not benefit you directly. The risks to you as a participant are minimal. These include the potential for relaying personal experiences. 
  • To minimize risk, participants do not have to share their personal experiences and identify information.
  • Participation is completely voluntary, and you can skip questions or withdraw from this study at any time.
  • There will not be a penalty to you or loss of any benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. If you decide not to participate or withdraw from the study. 
  • Students in this course have received IRB approval at SIUE. If you have questions about this research study, please contact Dr. Kevin Wamalwa at 618-650-3420. If you have questions about your rights as a research participant, you can call the SIUE Institutional Review Board at 618-650-3010 or email researchcompliance@siue.edu.

The interviewee gave me the yes to consent and to go further with the interview. 

-How do you usually cope when you’re overwhelmed? She usually plays any type of music when she is overwhelmed. 

-When do you feel most at peace? When she is outside alone. 

-What situations tend to trigger your stress or even your anxiety? When she doesn’t feel in control over her relationships. 

-What does “good mental health” look like to you personally? That she is happy and has everything in order. 

-How do you know when you need a break? When she can’t get out of bed. 

-What habits have the biggest impact on your mood? Going outside has a big effect on her mood. 

Part 4: ePortfolio Interview Reflection 

The interview went well with asking the questions to the participant and being able to get a better understanding of how she deals with certain things when it comes to her mental health. I stuck to the questions that I had when I was interviewing the person. The hardest part was making sure I was clear with my questions when asking them and being able to understand what her answers were going to be as well. Introducing each other to one another, before going about with the interview because we knew each other but did not fully know a lot about one another. The conversation between each other felt natural because I was able to ask the questions clearly and she was able to answer the questions fully as well. During the interview, she was open to telling and explaining her answers to the questions. It felt like we both held power in the conversation. I felt like a peer because me and the person knew each other before doing the interview with each other.