Research participation provides an important first-hand view of psychological science. If you are interested in participating, current projects are listed below. PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN EACH PROJECT JUST ONCE. It is most effective if you complete online studies on a laptop or desktop, not a mobile phone.
Project 1. Help improve college training materials! An in-person evaluation study (SSU undergraduates only)
We invite you to participate in a study designed to evaluate the effectiveness of a Dartmouth University online bystander intervention training for undergraduates. Volunteers (who must be a college undergraduate and 18 years or older) will answer questions about their university experiences, play an online intervention training game, and then report their reactions to the game (the full in person study will take place in Stevenson Hall 3011, and will not last more than one hour). Please note that these training materials will focus on sexual and interpersonal situations that some people might find uncomfortable. All data that we collect will be anonymous. For research participant pool class credit, you will be able to enter your name and instructor’s name in a separate independent questionnaire.
Improve College Training Sign Up Sheet
Project 2. Evaluate A Campus President Sexual Harassment Scandal (Anyone over 18 years old)
The purpose of this study is to learn what you think about a recent story in which university employees accused the spouse of a college president of sexual misconduct. After you read a newspaper article summary of the events, we will ask you your opinions and recommendations for what should happen next. If you choose to participate, you must be 18 years of age or older, and we expect the questionnaire to take approximately 15 minutes. Any data that we collect will be anonymous. For research participant pool class credit, you will be able to enter your name and instructor's name in a separate independent questionnaire.
Project 3. What went wrong? How an SSU student's response to a shove could impact SSU (SSU Undergraduates only)
We invite you to participate in a study designed to learn SSU students’ reactions to a video re-enactment of a recent student altercation. Volunteers will complete an online questionnaire in which they first watch the video, and then answer a series of questions about their reactions. It typically takes people about 20 minutes to complete the questionnaire. Any data that we collect will be anonymous. For research participant pool class credit, you will be able to enter your name and instructor's name in a separate independent questionnaire.
Project 4. Tell us what young people like you think about physicians (Anyone between 18 and 26 years old)
We are interested in young people's impressions of physicians' webpages. In this study, we will ask you to evaluate two web pages that describe a general practice physician. The study takes about 15 minutes to complete. Any data that we collect will be anonymous. For research participant pool class credit, you will be able to enter your name and instructor's name in a separate independent questionnaire.
Project 5. Are you Latino and Married?
The Sonoma Marriage Lab is conducting a study to learn about how marriages and family relationships change over time. Each spouse will be interviewed via telephone for 1 hour and paid as a couple ($75 gift card). About 2 months later, couples will be paid ($100) to complete a similar 1-hr survey again. If your spouse is available to participate and if you would like to be considered for the study, take a 1-minute screening survey to see if you qualify. Note that both spouses need to be 18+ years old. For research participant pool class credit, you will be able to enter your name and instructor's name in a separate independent questionnaire.
Prescreening Survey - Marriage Study
Thank you for volunteering your time to further our research. All projects have been approved by the Sonoma State University Institutional Review Board.