Lehigh University Child Development Research Group

The Lehigh Child Development lab is currently looking for children ages 7 to 8 or 11 to 12 to take part in an online study about how children feel and react when they see others having conflicts at school.

Families will talk to the researcher over Zoom while completing an online survey. Children will watch three short videos of conflicts in a school setting, and then answer questions about how the videos made them feel. They will also do a short picture sorting task where they can assign different items to the characters from the videos. Parents will be asked to fill out brief questionnaires about their children’s personalities.

As thanks for taking part in the study, families will receive a $10 Amazon digital gift card. The study takes about 20 to 30 minutes to complete.

Please contact [email protected] if you are interested in taking part!

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