Dissertation ideas?

Diabetes Burn Out? There is a sub section for that topic within the forum. The list could be a long one, inc. depression, isolation, anxiety and diabulimia.

 

I agree with @Guzzler - Diabetes burn out would be a great topic! I would also add that you could explore how the intensity of the "co-production" involved to successfully manage T1DM can contribute to burn out, with a focus on the experience of teens diagnosed with T1DM.

 

Hi @Meganmooney , a questionnaire would work well. What does your academic adviser suggest? Also, is your degree at the undergrad or graduate level? Here is a link to a site that may be helpful to you; this information is for students at the graduate level, but it will be helpful at the undergrad level too: http://www.apa.org/gradpsych/2005/09/collect.aspx

 

Hi
You could also write about the added psychological challenges of being a diabetic, when leaving home and going to uni and managing diabetes without the usual support systems in a different environment whilst still trying to accommodate the demands that uni life presents eg parties, exam stress, future careers. Also the stigma associated with diabetes at this psychologically vulnerable time in a teenager's life of the overt manifestations of diabetes like injecting and hypos.
The data could be collected via flyers with an email address distributed through GP surgeries that are in the area of uni, at the uni disability office and pinning up flyers around campus