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| The Exam Preparation
Study II |
| The
Exam Preparation Study is currently
recruiting NYU students for the Fall of 2011.
Participants will be recruited from NYU pre-med
courses and asked to fill out daily evening diaries
for 14 days surrounding an important exam in a
pre-med course. For more information on this study, please visit the study website at: http://www.psych.nyu.edu/couples/EP |
| The NYU Transitions
Study |
| The
NYU College Transitions Study is currently
recruiting incoming NYU students for the Summer and
Fall of 2011. Participants will provide information
about their experiences at the start of college,
using monthly questionnaires. For more information on this study, please visit the study page: http://www.psych.nyu.edu/couples/nyutransitions/ |
| The Affect & Physiology
Study |
| The
Affect &
Physiology Study was run at Columbia
University's Morningside Campus in the Spring of 2011.
Eighty-five participants were recruited for this
two-session study, in which they completed background
assessments at time one, and measures of alcohol use
and anxiety at time two while continuous physiological
recordings were made of heart rate and skin
conductance. For more information on this study, please email: ug.health@gmail.com |
| The Exam Preparation Study |
| The
Exam Preparation
Study (formerly the Daily Exam Stress Study
during pilot testing) was completed in the Fall of
2010. Participants were recruited from NYU and
Columbia pre-med courses and asked to fill out two
weeks of morning and evening daily diaries in the week
before and after an important midterm in their pre-med
course. Two hundred-and-twenty participants joined the
study and were randomly assigned to conditions that
dictated the start dates of their diaries as early as
8 days prior to the exam or only 2 days before the
exam. Cortisol levels were assessed for half of the
participants at four times during the day as well. For more information on this study in its current Fall 2011 phase, please read the description above, or visit the study website at: http://www.psych.nyu.edu/couples/EP |
| The CU/NYU College Life
Study |
|
The CU/NYU College
Life Study was conducted over the
2009-2010 academic year at New York University
and Columbia University. The
study surveyed students at up to four times
throughout the academic year about alcohol use,
moods and health. The
study was implemented with a randomized design that
started approximately one third of the students in
October, December, or February. In
addition to the self-surveys, we asked participants
to report on the mood and drinking behavior of their
roommates as well. The order
of the forms was randomized.
Approximately 800 students participated in this
study. Preliminary results were presented at the
Society for Personality and Social Psychology
conference in January 2011, at the Association for
Psychological Science conference in May 2011, and
at the Research Society on Alcoholism convention
in June 2011. |
2011 The NYU Couples Lab Group. tel: 212.998.7879
| email: NYUcouples@gmail.com