Research Study: Risky Business

Research Study: Risky Business We are recruiting twins who are in high school and their parents to come to our lab at Northwestern During that appointment, they will do four things.

We want to understand how hormones influence the way that teenagers make decisions about things that could be risky – like whether or not to try alcohol or whether to drive a car very fast. We would schedule twins to visit our lab on the Northwestern campus for a 3 to 4-hour appointment. First, we will collect a sample of their saliva to measure the levels of hormones involved in puberty as well a

s a small hair sample which will measure stress. We’ll also take a picture of both of them to look at their physical similarities. Second, they will fill out a survey that asks about their personality, their relationships with friends and family, and what kind of risks they have taken. Third, they will play some computer games that look at their ability to plan, respond to things quickly, and make decisions between possible rewards and risks. Finally, they will take a brief test of reasoning and memory, where they will interact one-on-one with a research assistant in the lab. At the end of the study, each twin will receive $50 for participating. Also, we will ask one parent to sign a release to collect educational records and send you them a survey that they can either complete online or fill out on paper. This survey gets their perspective on each of the twins, and also asks about things around the home. We would ideally like them to fill out this survey before their twins come in for their lab visit, but they could also complete the survey in the lab during their twins’ lab appointment.

10/04/2016
06/21/2016

We want to understand how hormones influence the way that teenagers make decisions about things that could be risky – like whether or not to try alcohol or whether to drive a car very fast.
We would schedule twins to visit our lab here on the Northwestern campus for a 3-hour appointment. During that appointment, they will do four things. First, we will collect a sample of their saliva to measure the levels of hormones involved in puberty as well as a small hair sample which will measure stress. We’ll also take a picture of both of them to look at their physical similarities. Second, they will fill out a survey that asks about their personality, their relationships with friends and family, and what kind of risks they have taken. Third, they will play some computer games that look at their ability to plan, respond to things quickly, and make decisions between possible rewards and risks. Finally, they will take a brief test of reasoning and memory, where they will interact one-on-one with a research assistant in the lab. At the end of the study, each twin will receive up to $50 for participating.

Also, we will send the parents/legal guardian a survey that they can either complete online or fill out on paper. This survey gets the guardian's perspective on each of the twins, and also asks about things around the home.

For more information please contact us at 847 467 7348 or
[email protected]

Do YOU want to earn up to $50? Are you a twin between the ages of 14 and 17? Then you are eligible to participate in a ...
06/21/2016

Do YOU want to earn up to $50? Are you a twin between the ages of 14 and 17? Then you are eligible to participate in a research study conducted by the PADlab at Northwestern University!
For more information please contact us at 847 467 7348 or
[email protected]

Learn more about or lab by visiting our website!http://sites.northwestern.edu/padlab/
04/11/2016

Learn more about or lab by visiting our website!
http://sites.northwestern.edu/padlab/

Welcome to the PAD Lab The Personality Across Development Lab’s main focus is to study child and adolescent personality and how it is related to behavior, how it affects children and adolescents relationships with their friends and parents, and how early personality traits may be indicators of later…

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