This is a psychological study to examine the effect of a new intervention that provides parents with tools to speak with their kids about race, racism, and privilege. Participants will complete a 2-3 hour long program and answer questionnaires over the course of 6-8 weeks. The total time required for this study is approximately 4.5 hours for parents and 2 hours for children. Parents can earn up to $165 and children can earn up to $50.

Parents and children will both be asked to participate, and all participation will be remote. Over the course of 6-8 weeks, parents will answer 3 sets of questionnaires in addition to completing 2-3 hour long interactive program. Parents will also be asked to participate in a recorded discussion task with their child, and will be invited back for a short interview as the final task. Children will answer 2 sets of questionnaires at the beginning and end of the study, and will also participate in the recorded discussion task with their parents.

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This focus group study, funded by Penn State's Social Science Research Institute, brings together couples with preschool-aged firstborns who are pregnant with their 2nd child or who have given birth to their 2nd child within the last 12 months. Couples will be interviewed about how they worked together as a team (as coparents) to prepare their firstborn for the birth of the second child and to prepare themselves for 2nd-time parenthood.

This is an interview and survey study that will examine how the design of ICU warning information system influence nurses situation awareness.

This study aims to understand how the design factors of warning information system influence nurse situation awareness in ICUs. You will participate an online interview study and fill out two questionnaires. The study takes 1-2 hours.

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Measures of actual human-machine interaction are required to generate ecologically valid, translatable discoveries that enhance human-systems integration and performance. Here, the proposed methods center on human-robot decision tasks to assess key determinants of human trust in robot recommendations (e.g., factors such as threat-salience and/or robot appearance), and the concomitant impacts of trust on performance.

There will be one in person visit, you will be asked to interact with a robot in a virtual environment.

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This is a drug study for children between 7-12 years old with ADHD that will examine how central nervous system (CNS) stimulants improve anger and irritability in children. It uses only meds that are already FDA approved for ADHD. After intake, families will meet with study doctors to determine an ideal stimulant dose (no placebos in this phase) over 6 visits spaced 1-2 weeks apart. All youth showing improved ADHD and stable or reduced levels of irritability/aggression will advance to a 2 week blinded crossover trial. Participants will complete computer tasks while hooked up to EEG to measure how CNS stimulants impact processing of reward and loss. Participants will complete two EEG visits one week apart - one visit will occur while the child is on the optimal active dose of CNS stimulant from the prior phase, and the other will occur while the child is on a placebo pill. Parents will complete 3 cell phone surveys per day of their child's behavior over these 14 days. This study is expected to take an average of 10 visits over 3 months.

Parent and child will first complete an intake up two hours (30 minutes for child) to verify that child has ADHD and issues with temper problems at home. Then over 6 visits spaced 1-2 weeks apart study doctors will find the best dose of ADHD medication for the child that also helps their anger, with parents filling out weekly ratings of child behavior. All medicines used in the study are already approved to treat ADHD in children and commercially available. At least half of these visits need to occur at the study site at 22 NE Drive in Hershey, PA. For the last two weeks, there will be one in office visit per week at the Hershey office. Children will complete 3 computer games while undergoing EEG testing to measure their brain wave activity. For each of these 14 days, parents will fill out 3 cell phone surveys per day about their child’s behavior. During one of these two weeks, children will take the dose of ADHD medication that worked the best for them. For the other week, it will be replaced with placebo (fake pill). Neither parent or child will know which week is real and which week is fake medication. The total study takes between 10 to 12 visits over an average of 3 months.

child is $100 parent is $105

The purpose of the study is to gain an understanding of students’ experiences in college and their engagement help-seeking and healthy behaviors. Participation in the study involves completing a brief online-survey on Qualtrics, which we anticipate will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

Citizen journalism refers to production of journalistic content by ordinary citizens such as ‘current affairs-based blogging, photo and video sharing, and posting eyewitness commentary on current events’. In our study we try to redefine ‘citizen journalism’ to ‘crisis reporting’ that includes sharing updates and actionable news using Twitter. To this end we wish to propose a study where we interview people to understand the feasibility of the same. In addition, as supporting data, we would use historical data from Twitter. This would be done keeping in mind a particular event which would be the Texas snowstorm.

The main research goal of this work is to collect drivers’ opinions on autonomous vehicles and their perceptions of time when they ride with autonomous vehicles comparing with manual-driven vehicles.

This clinical trial will test the effects of common flavor chemicals in electronic nicotine delivery systems on brain reward function and nicotine use behaviors.

Subjects completing brain scans: Subjects will attend two in person visits with MRI or NIRS brain scans, where they will complete questionnaires, use e-cigarette devices and complete computer tasks. Subjects not completing brain scans: Subjects will attend two in person visits where they will complete questionnaires, use e-cigarette devices and complete computer tasks All subjects will take a study E-cigarette device home to use for 10 days between their two in person visits.

If completing brain scans - up to $400; If not completing brain scans - up to $250

The aim of this study is to understand how brain stimulation affects learning of a novel task on a virtual reality system. Participation involves playing virtual reality games during non-invasive brain stimulation.

Single in person visit involving the application of a non-invasive brain stimulation technique during a reaching task in a 2D virtual reality environment.

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The purpose of this study is to develop a better understanding of the lived experiences of college students of color with psychiatric disabilities, particularly related to the formation of racial identity, disability identity, and the impact of perceived discrimination.

The goal of this study is to learn how young children think and tell stories about challenges between parents and children. Children will play games and tell stories using toys while caregivers fill out surveys and talk to researchers. This will occur twice, about 6 months apart. Qualities of children's stories, their language and regulation skills, demographic information about children and caregivers, and parenting behaviors will be examined.

Tobacco users will be randomized to use electronic cigarettes containing varying levels of nicotine and flavor during laboratory protocols to investigate the effects on the brain and behavior. Subjects will complete surveys, functional magnetic resonance imaging scans, and complete computerized tasks. Eligible participants include daily users of inhaled tobacco products who are at least 21 years old, able to read and write in English, and not planning to quit tobacco use within the next month. Exclusion criteria include: current substance use impairing participation, unstable or significant medical conditions, current use of smoking cessation medication, uncontrolled serious mental illness, and MRI safety or neurological contraindications.

Subjects will taste test a variety of e-cigarette flavorings, answer questions and complete a single MRI.

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We will interview prescribers and rehabilitation professionals who have provided services and treatment to immigrants in PA with a history of opioid abuse. The goal is to highlight best practices, resources needed, cultural awareness, and training needs to support the rehabilitation and recovery of this client group.

One 45-minute, recorded interview via Zoom

$50.00 Amazon gift card

The purpose of this study is to determine if, compared to non-depressed adults, differences exist in skin blood flow and sweating responses to passive heat stress in adults with clinically diagnosed depression, those with depression who are prescribed and taking SSRIs (Selective Serotonin reuptake inhibitors) and those with depression who are prescribed and taking SNRIs (Serotonin-Norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors).

For this study, you will be asked to come into the lab for a screening visit, a maximal exercise test visit, and one experimental visits. *Before the experimental visit, you will be asked to swallow a temperature-sensing capsule to measure your internal body temperature 1-2 hours prior to arriving at the lab. During the passive heat stress experiment, you will wear a suit lined with tubing through which hot water will run, causing your body to warm up. We measure your sweat and skin blood flow responses.

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For many years, overweight and obesity has been highly stigmatized in society, and children are often bullied or teased for their weight. Over time, these experiences can cause adolescents to feel badly about themselves and view themselves as society views them. We call this process the internalization of weight bias or IWB. IWB can increase feelings of depression and anxiety and is associated with unhealthy eating behaviors. For this project, we wanted to create a questionnaire to measure this important topic, and get feedback from adolescents and professionals to make sure the questions are correct and easy to understand. We want to recruit 20 adolescents age 12-17 and medical professionals to review some questions and provide their feedback on these questions by participating in an interview. Participants will be compensated for their time.

We would like to interview teens and health professionals to review some survey questions and make sure that the questions we use to measure this concept are appropriate. These interviews will take 60-90 minutes over ZOOM.

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We are trying to characterize the movement of a shooter in a VR environment.

The study consists of one visit lasting approximately 30-40 minutes: 10 minutes for VR setup, 15 minutes for simulated test, and 5-15 minutes for post-experiment survey. During the simulated test, participants will be asked to move around in the environment and shoot NPCs.

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This study will be used for an undergraduate honors thesis, focused on mental health’s impact on perceived blameworthiness and dangerousness of violent crime offenders and sentencing suggestions for said offenders. In this study, participants will read a vignette about a crime (homicide or assault) being committed. After reading this scenario, participants will answer 4 questions about the individual who committed the crime. These questions will ask about blame attribution, sentencing suggestions, danger perception and likelihood of reoffending. The data will be analyzed through quantitative techniques.

Participants will read a vignette about a crime (homicide or assault) being committed. After reading this scenario, participants will answer 4 questions about the individual who committed the crime. These questions will ask about blame attribution, sentencing suggestions, danger perception and likelihood of reoffending. Participants will then answer one question about their gender and one question about the school year.

This protocol is designed to examine biobehavioral health risks, resilience, grit, forgiveness and well-being in college students.

This project explores the experiences of asexual individuals in health and sexual education classes. Specifically, we are interested in the structure of the courses and the extent to which LGBTQIA+ identities were included in the curriculum. Additionally, we are interested in ways health and sexual education classes have since influenced how asexual individuals view and feel about their bodies, as well as how they approach their personal health. Individuals currently identifying as asexual will be surveyed about their experiences and will have the change to provide recorded interviews if desired.

Participants will be asked to complete an online survey that is expected to take 30-40 minutes. Participants also have the opportunity to elaborate on their survey responses during a recorded Zoom interview.

Participants may enter a raffle to win one of 10 Amazon.com giftcards

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian Americans have faced a rise in overt racism, with thousands of hate incidents reported. This has had a bigger impact on young Asian American adults, leading to emotional distress and health problems. A theory by Harrell suggests that experiencing racial discrimination can harm mental and physical well-being due to stress. Past studies have shown a connection between racial discrimination stress and health issues like obesity and mental disorders. However, there's a need to understand the cultural and emotional factors involved. This research aims to explore how racial discrimination affects Asian Americans' food choices by looking at stress responses and cultural influences. Using surveys, experiments, psychophysiology, and virtual reality, the study will investigate how cultural identity affects stress reactions and subsequent food decisions after racial discrimination experiences.

Hello, We are recruiting Asian Americans with Japanese, Chinese, or Korean heritage for a paid research study. We want to understand how racism affects food choice in a virtual reality (VR) environment. To participate in this study, you will need to complete an informed consent form, and answer questions prior to your arrival at the lab. You will have to come to the lab to watch a video of anti-Asian racism incidents that happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, and answer questions before and after the video. Last, you will make food choices in the VR environment. Participation will require three hours or more of fasting before arrival at the lab. You will be paid $25 in a gift card for your participation. If you come to the lab but do not complete the study, you will still be paid. Please continue to the next page to read the informed consent if you are interested in participating. If you are not, please exit this page. https://redcap.link/lp1wq7uu

$25 Amazon gift card

This research is being done to find out the effects of head cooling on cognition, brain activity as seen in EEG scans, inflammation of the brain, and mood in healthy subjects. What is specifically meant by healthy subjects in the context of this study is subjects who are not currently recovering from a traumatic brain injury.

This study includes an 8-day regimen of head cooling or rest at an average of 30 minutes per day, non-invasive cheek swabs used to collect saliva samples, and non-invasive brain activity testing and questionnaires.

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This study will examine various factors within the home of children adopted from the child welfare system between the ages of 4 and 10 that may impact their development. The first visit will occur remotely via Penn State Health Microsoft Teams; the second visit is optional and will occur within 4 weeks of the first visit at the Transforming Lives of Children Center in Harrisburg, PA; and the third visit will occur one year after the first visit, when research staff will travel to participants' homes. This research will help understand the factors that impact the development of children adopted from the child welfare system and how we may better serve these children and their families.

The child and parent will be asked to complete interviews, questionnaires and various tasks. Parents may also be asked to complete questionnaires online. Participation will last for one year and include the following: -One visit occurring remotely via PSH Microsoft Teams -One visit at the Transforming the Lives of Children Center in Harrisburg, PA, four weeks after Zoom visit (optional) -Final visit at home will occur one year after the first Zoom visit

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The purpose of this study is to learn about the relationship between the campus environment and students’ health. It involves a survey consisting questions about campus-related activities, COVID-19, physical activity and health, environmental perceptions, and demographic information.

There will be an online survey that will take about 20-30 minutes. No need to meet in-person.

To examine women’s self-reported pregnancy hydration behaviors, especially during a global pandemic. This study will also examine other lifestyle behaviors (e.g., weight gain, exercise, eating behaviors, sleep, pain management). It is hypothesized that hydration behaviors will decrease due to lifestyle changes related to the pandemic. Secondary outcomes will also be influenced by hydration behaviors and pandemic lifestyle changes.

This project focuses on establishing a preliminary evidence base regarding the feasibility and acceptability of using smart speakers to deliver individual cognitive stimulation therapy (iCST) to persons living with dementia (PLwDs)

Fifteen dyads of persons living with dementia and their care partners will be recruited. Participants will engage with an Alexa-based Virtual Assistant (VA), and data will be collected via surveys and Zoom interviews.

$45 per hour

We will ask people who currently use—or have used—hair-styling tools (e.g. Dyson Airwrap, Shark Flexstyle) to complete an online questionnaire about how easy the tools are to use and how loud they seem. Our goal is to understand user experiences and preferences so manufacturers can design quieter, more user-friendly devices.

There will be an online consent form and an eligibility questionnaire before an approximately 10 minute survey on Qualtrics.

This mixed-methods study examines the relationship between engagement with beauty-focused social media content created by young female influencers and intentions to pursue cosmetic procedures among women aged 21-25. The research employs both quantitative survey methods and qualitative interviews to understand this relationship and its ethical implications.

1 online survey (5-10 min) Some participants may be asked to partake in a 15 min qualitative interview

In this multi-site, parallel-group, randomized clinical trial, we will evaluate the efficacy of BRIGHT, a novel psychological intervention for cancer survivors, compared with attention control (AC) for managing body image distress (BID) among head and neck cancer survivors (HNC) survivors, examine BRIGHT’s underlying mechanisms, and characterize factors affecting the future adoption of BRIGHT into clinical care.

1. The researchers will check your medical records to gather information about your diagnosis and treatment. 2. You will meet with the study coordinator to fill out baseline questionnaires. 3. You will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. This means that you have a 50/50 chance (like flipping a coin) of being in either group. Neither the researchers nor you will make the choice to which group you are assigned. 4. Cognitive behavioral therapy involves meeting with a study psychologist to identify and address unhelpful automatic thoughts that may contribute to unwanted behaviors. The cognitive behavioral therapy group will meet with one-on-one with the study psychologist once per week for six weeks, using a video telemedicine platform. Each visit with the psychologist will take one hour. An attention control group is one that receives the same amount of attention as the intervention group but without the potential active ingredient. The attention control group will meet with one-on-one with a head and neck cancer clinician once per week for six weeks, using a video telemedicine platform to receive survivorship education. Each visit with will take one hour. These sessions will be video-recorded to help ensure that the interventionist delivers each intervention as intended. 5. Regardless of whether you are in the cognitive behavioral therapy or attention control group, you will meet with the study coordinator at the end of the study to complete questionnaires to measure changes compared to baseline and describe your experience in the study.

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The purpose of this study is to see if an online cycling group for people with aphasia is a feasible way to get people with aphasia to exercise more.

There will be 24 30-minute exercise sessions spread out over 8 weeks (3x per week). Before and after, there will be physical, mental, and cognitive assessments.