Date of Award
9-22-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Psychological Science, MS
First Advisor
Kris Biondolillo
Committee Members
Jessica Curtis; Margaret Hance
Abstract
Isolation in humans and its consequences has been documented by researchers as early as the 1700s (McNeil et al., 1984). More recently, interest in the impact of social isolation has been renewed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the studies covering social isolation and the COVID-19 pandemic rely on self-report measures obtained through questionaries or interviews. Studying social isolation experimentally is difficult due to risk factors associated with isolating one from conspecifics. This is particularly true when studying humans. Animal models of social isolation are important as they allow for implementation of necessary controls needed to establish causal relationships among variables involved in cases of isolation. Isolation in non-human animals has been investigated in several nonhuman species, primarily rats, but also mice and pigs. There are also invertebrate models of social isolation; however, a notably social creature such as the cockroach has been overlooked in this field of study. The current study examined primary social behaviors of the Blaberus discoidalis cockroach prior to and following a period of social isolation.
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Recommended Citation
Jackson, Jaden, "One Is the Loneliest Number: The Impact of Social Isolation on Blaberus Discoidalis" (2025). Student Theses and Dissertations. 1090.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/1090
