User:CaraDillon

About me
My name is Cara Dillon, I am a third year student at the University of Canberra. At the end of 2019 I will graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.

My topic: Abortion and emotion
This semester in Motivation and Emotion (7124) I have created a wikiversity page that explores the effects of having an abortion on emotion. This topic has allowed me to gain invaluable knowledge within a field I held little knowledge of previously.

I believe that expanding knowledge within this area is important for a number of reasons. It can help to reduce the stigma and 'taboo' around the issue, as well as enrich understanding of how any negative emotional ramifications of having an abortion can be minimised.

However interesting this topic may be, the state of the literature must be considered critically. Much to the detriment of the scientific integrity of this field, a substantial percentage of the literature available is: bias, unreliable, or has weak testing designs.

Social contributions

 * 1) Added discussion on female killer motivation page and provided a link to relevant article
 * 2) grammar edit on fellow wikiveristy user's page
 * 3) added discussion about climate grief on climate change anxiety chapter and linked to VICE article
 * 4) Linked to pictures found on wiki media commons that may be suitable for a chapter that did not yet have any images