100 Cause And Effect Essay Topics

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Here are some ideas for topics to use when writing essays.
– Modify the question so it fits your assignment.
– Use a question for your topic idea to help keep you organized.
– Use the question to title your article or add it to your topic sentence.
– Your thesis is the answer. Simple!

Mental wellbeing
Remote work and mental health:
Virtual learning can cause anxiety in taking exams.
How does wearing an all-day mask affect mental health?
What is the cause of eating disorders in people?
– Why do people find ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response)YouTube videos comforting?
What does our diet have to do with our mental health?
What’s driving the increase in non-drug pain treatment?
What are the reasons for the increasing demand for sports psychologists in Canada?
– Is there a microbiome that causes depression and mental health problems?
What causes college students to feel more anxious?
What makes someone feel sad?
How does nature impact our mental health?
How does anxiety and depression affect artistic perceptions?
– How does brain stimulation affect mental illness suppression?
– What causes Autism Spectrum Disorders?
What is the reason why 1 suicide in 100 people worldwide?
What is the best way to help people with mental illness when they contact animals?
– What makes comedians so depressed?
What makes autism a mental disorder?

Relationship topics
What effect has working from the home had on marital relations?
How has COVID-19’s social distancing and restrictions on COVID-19 impacted family life?
What has the Pandemic had on College Students’ Relationships?
Divorce: What Causes It?
– What does divorce mean for children? What effect does the child’s age have on the outcome?
How does a divorce affect the relationships between parents and their children?
What does long-distance have to do with relationships?
What does it mean to live together before you get married?
What makes men afraid to commit?
What has the feminist movement done to men’s dating views?
What can cause women to be involved in unhealthy relationships over and over again?
What impact does an abortion have on a relationship?
What makes children rebel against their parents?
What has the impact of social media on family relationships?
What is the cause of sibling rivalry?
– How does your birth order affect your personality and/or career?
What impact does a happy, fulfilling marriage have on someone’s health?
Are college graduates more likely to be married?
– What effect does it have on a child’s development when grandparents raise them?
What is it that makes teenagers sexually active?
– How does a girl’s relationship of father and daughter affect her relationships to other men?
– What effect does it have on your ability to grow up in a single parent household?
– What are the effects of being twins?
What has China’s one parent rule had on the family dynamics? What will the new policy of two-child parenting do to family dynamics?
– What effects does being wealthy or well-known have on children?
What are the causes of parents over-scheduling their children’s activities? What effect does over-scheduling have on children?
What is it that makes close family relationships possible?
– How do family vacations affect family relationships?

Social Problem Topics
– Why do children live in poverty?
– What causes American poverty?
What are the consequences of growing up poor?
– What causes Homelessness?
What impact does food insecurity on children’s lives?
What are the causes of international adoption’s rise in Western countries?
What effects does it have on children and/or adults to watch news reports about natural catastrophes, terrorist strikes, predators of sexual partners, and other scary situations?
What effect can non-profits (or pick one) have upon social problems?
What will happen if more baby boomers retire?
– Why is it that men are still making more than women when it comes to wages? What is its effect?
– What does religious oppression do to a society?
What causes poor water quality in many parts of the world?
What does it mean that people do not have shoes?
What effects does poor sanitation have on a community?
– What causes or effects do you see in continued racism and discrimination?
What are the main reasons people with disabilities cannot get work?
– What impact does growing up poor have on children’s lives?

Potential Topics for a Healthcare Research Paper

Original: The Impact of Technology on Healthcare
Paraphrased: Examining the Influence of Technology on the Medical Industry
What is causing the sudden rise in obese and overweight adults in the United States over the past ten years?
What will the impact of rising obesity on the health system?
– What’s the cause of an increase in Autistic Spectrum Disorder cases among children?
– What affect does insufficient insurance on medical costs have on one’s health overall?
– Why do people avoid going to the doctor if they have medical issues?
– What impact does stopping a prescription medication have upon your future health?
– What are the causes and effects of parents not having their children vaccinated?
– How does climate change affect infectious diseases?
– What impact does globalization have upon the spread disease?
What is the reason that some diseases such as HIV and malaria are so hard to eradicate?
What is the impact of stress on our health?
– What has the impact of cancer research on reducing cancer deaths?
What causes cancer in people?
What makes pancreatic carcinoma so deadly?
– Why is it so hard to treat cancer?
– What makes people want to try non-Western remedies such as traditional Chinese medicine or herbal products?
What effect does abortion have on a woman’s reproductive health in the future?
What impact does birth control have upon women?
How important is regular dental care for your oral health?
What is the cause of blindness?
What is the cause of allergies in people?
What impact does technology use on our health?
What causes heart disease?
Exercise and the effects it has on your body
What is it that makes people make healthy lifestyle choices?
What is it that makes so many healthcare professionals overweight?
What social effects are there for braces?

Social Media and Internet
What impact does cell phone usage have on teens?
– Why are families able to purchase unlimited mobile phone plans?
– What effects do violent video games have on children and teenagers young at heart?
– What effect does video gaming have on the brains for elderly people?
Do online shoppers spend more?
What is the impact of social media on teenage relationships?
– What is the cause (or effect) of cyberbullying
What is the reason social media sites lose popularity?
What effect does Snapchat and Instagram have on teenage social interaction?
What makes a videogame popular?
What affect does it have on our Internet browsing habits if we move away from computers in favor of smartphones and tablets?
What impact does typing on a computer screen have over using a keyboard?
Google is the most searched engine.
– What social impacts will everyone using cell phones around the world have?
How has the smartphone revolution changed business practices?

Learning
How does standard testing impact student dropout rates
What impact does being called “gifted” or “talented” have on students?
What impact does having dyslexia/ADHD have on a child’s learning?
– Why do students feel bored at school?
Do students learn more when they use technology like smartboards or iPads in class?
What impact does it have on learning if students prefer to read from their tablets and computers rather than books?
What effects does homeschooling have on children? What are the social and economic effects of homeschooling?
What has the impact of magnet and charter schools on your local education system?
– How does school bullying programs affect bullying fears and bullying?
– Can single-sex classrooms make students learn more?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of school uniforms?
– What effect does having an open highschool campus have on student achievement?
What effect does having year-round schooling have on students’ education?
What causes teachers’ burnout?
What makes some schools fail students?
What is causing American students to fall behind international students in international test taking?
– What are the effects of fine arts on students?
What impact does a great physical education program have upon elementary school students?
What impact does a longer school day have on the school’s educational outcomes and quality?
– How does parental involvement affect education?

Topics in History and Political Science
– What is the Civil War?
– What are America’s continuing effects on slavery?
– What is the origin of the rising interest in Feminism in the 1960s & 1970s?
– How was the wartime experience of WWII veterans affecting their lives?
– What was the effect of WWII on the Jewish people’s lives?
What was the impact of Christianity on Rome’s empire?
– What is the Arab Spring? What were the results of the Arab Spring
– What impact has the GI Bill had on American universities?
– What did colonialism do to Britain?
How does it see itself?
– What are the causes and consequences of colonialism?
– What was the cause and effect of the American Revolution, from the British’s perspective?
– What are the causes of Colombia’s drug wars?
– What is the cause of illegal immigration?
– What effects does immigration have on a country (pick any one country)?
– What effect does online shopping have on businesses?
– What did the printing presses (or other inventions) do to the world’s history?
– How has globalization impacted women’s status?
– What effects do drone attacks by the United States have on civilians as well as terrorists?
– What caused the World Trade Center to be destroyed on September 11, 2001?
– What causes the North Korean military to become more violent?