This study examines social anxiety in both African Americans and European Americans. Our goal is to increase understanding of how social anxiety presents in both ethnic groups and to refine our methods of measuring symptoms. Participation in the online questionnaires will take 25 minutes to complete. For more information contact Caitlin Condit at ccondits@gmail.com.
Resiliency across cultures:
This study will examine across-ethnic stress resistance model to futher understand how protective factors (ego-resilience, ethnic identity and religious coping) may buffer the negative effects of stress for a multi-ethnic sample of adults. This study hopes to shed light into not only the impact of multiple sources of stress (e.g.neighborhood, health, and race-related stress), but also how protectective factors may be influenced by culture and ethnicity which in turn differentially affects life quality. Participants are asked to complete questions which will take 30min. For more information contact Kassan Holmes at Kasaan.holmes@american.edu
African Americans and Marketing:
This study will look at your consumer preferences and your personality. The goal is to better understand how these two things are related. Women, ages 18-45, who self-identify as either Caucasian or African American are needed for a market research study. In this study you will be asked to complete questionnaires that relate to your personality and analyze 10 advertisements for their effectiveness. The study will take approximately 1 hour to complete and can be completed online. For your time, you will be entered into a lottery for a chance to win a $100 cash prize (chances of winning are 1 in 33). To see if you are eligible, contact Gina at 202-885-1729 or ginabruns@gmail.com.
African Americans and Body Image:
We are also currently investigating how African Americans and Caucasians automatically evaluate body types. As the IAT measures attitudes that may be outside of conscious awareness and control, these results will be compared to explicit measures of attitudes. By understanding how ethnicities perceive figures, we may be able to create interventions geared specifically to client processing styles. For more information or to volunteer for this study, please contact Erica Hart Duran: ericaannhart@gmail.com.
Hispanics and Body Image
The aim of this study is to explore the factors that influence body image perceptions for different Hispanic groups. The study is open to women of all Hispanic groups. For more information or if you'd like to participate, contact Ana Montano at am6078a@student.american.edu
