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.

30.00

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.

$20

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

Risky financial behaviors during symptomatic episodes of bipolar disorder are included in the diagnostic criteria of this psychiatric illness. Literature has called for granular, longitudinal financial data analysis, although only recently have open banking technologies made this a more realistic possibility. Participaints will be asked to use a data collection application in order to submit financial transaction data via Plaid's open banking API.

In a one-time Zoom session, participants will:--Complete surveys about demographic information and clinical scales related to bipolar disorder. --Interact with an application to securely transfer their deidentified financial records to be compared with clinical scales --Provide insights on their financial behaviors in relation to bipolar disorder, current financial management practices and challenges, and the involvement of others in these management practices

$50

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.

$40

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

$225

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.

The project aims to increase awareness and understanding of yoga's benefits for mental health, including substance use, and stress reduction among marginalized Black communities and to empower minoritized individuals with critical tools and techniques for managing stress. By addressing the multifaceted relationship between intersectionality, race-related stress, and mental health, including substance use, this study seeks to provide a comprehensive approach to improving health outcomes for marginalized Black young adults. Participants will engage in either a 1:1 semi-structured interview or a focus group discussion, both hosted by the principal investigator, to hear their perspectives on the accessibility and feasibility of engaging in yoga-based interventions for mental health and substance use. From this study, the researcher seeks to contribute to the development of effective yoga prevention and treatments strategies that provide coping mechanisms to deal with race-related stress, reduce substance use and related negative health outcomes, and promote resilience among affected populations.

The study will last over the course of one day and will take about two hours of your time. Participants in this study will take part in a focus group or a one-on-one interview to share their experiences, perspectives, and insights related to yoga, mental health, stress management, and substance use.

For interview participants, each individual will receive a $25.00 gift card and for focus group participants, each individual will receive a $40.00 gift card for their participation.

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.