IRB News & Updates
IRB
Canvas Shell: If
you have any questions about your research or information that the IRB is
looking for in applications, please visit our IRB resource café on Canvas. The
Canvas course shell is under IRB Training and Guidance https://tcsedsystem.instructure.com/courses/945.
If you do not have access, please reach out to the IRB office at irb@thechicagoschool.edu.
IRB Pre-Submission Meetings: The IRB continues to offer pre-submission meetings to
all researchers prior to completing and submitting their IRB applications.
During these meetings, the IRB staff will go over recruitment and consent form
documents with researchers. In addition, a consult will be performed to explain
how these documents can be used to assist in the completion of the full IRB
application. If you want to sign up for a pre-submission meeting, please email
the IRB at [email protected]. Please be sure to include the draft of your recruitment and consent form documents with request.
Recruitment for Research Studies:
Study Title: Exploring Intersections of Ethnic and Gender Identity in Impostor Phenomenon in Psychology Doctoral Students
The study is about exploring how the potential for age, ethnicity, and gender may serve as a factor related to imposter phenomenon in psychology doctoral students. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: The Gut Keeps The Score: Knowledge, Training, and Attitudes Regarding the “Second Brain" in Graduate Psychology Students
This study is about graduate psychology students' knowledge, training and attitudes regarding the importance of the gut-brain connection in treating anxiety and depression. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: The Supervision Process: Supervisory Working Alliance (SWA) and Its Impact on Trainee Self-Efficacy and General Well-Being
This study is about the supervisory process and how the working alliance between a supervisor and supervisee impacts trainee development, both personally and professionally. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Thrive: An Adlerian-Based Social Skills Recovery Pilot Program
This study is about assessing the usefulness of an Adlerian-based social skills recovery group program for young adult offenders, aiming to reduce symptoms of substance use disorders and antisocial behaviors. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Exploring the Link Between Childhood IPV Exposure and Adult Victimization: The Role of Internalized Homophobia
This study is about about examining the impact of witnessing intimate partner violence in childhood, experiencing it in adulthood, and internalized homophobia among gay men and lesbian women. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Beyond the Rainbow: Marginalized Voices in LGBTQIA+
This study is about the experiences of ethnically and racially minoritized young adults (ages 18-35) within the LGBTQIA+ community, particularly in relation to discrimination and mental health. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Extension of Gerow et al. (2021): Remote Caregiver Training to Teach Daily Living Skills
This study is remotely training caregivers, through live coaching via teleconferencing, to help their child with ASD learn household tasks, such as chores. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: The use of Social StoriesTM and caregiver cueing to decrease inappropriate sexual behaviors and teaching appropriate procedure for privacy with individuals with ASD
This study is about using Social StoriesTM to teach individuals with ASD a procedure which teaches them to engage in sexual behaviors in appropriate locations, decreasing their engagement in sexual behaviors within appropriate settings and locations. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: The Asian-White Remote Work Experience
This study is about understanding multiracial Asian-White individuals’ experience
with videoconferencing at work and discovering whether they might experience any types of stereotype, identity, or other threats or effects from participating in videoconferencing at work when using remote call or meeting tools like Zoom, Teams, or Webex. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: A Study of College Student’s Locus of Control, Academic Motivation, and Learning styles in Online vs. Face-to-Face Classroom Settings
This study is about investigating the relationship between locus of control, learning styles, and academic motivation in different learning modalities to understand their influence on academic potential. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Effect of Brief Feedback on Establishment of Deictic Relational Repertoires and Engagement in Fundamental Attribution Error in Behavior Analysts
This study is about evaluating the effect of a perspective taking training on the degree which behavior analysts wrongly labels another person’s beliefs without considering factors that have impacted the person’s behavior. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: The Impact of Secondary Traumatic Stress on Helping Professionals: A Mixed Methods Study of First Responders, Nurses, and Mental Health Clinicians
This study is about the ways that helping professionals are differently impacted by secondary traumatic stress. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Breaking Barriers: Harnessing Values Clarification and Defusion to Combat Ideological Bias
This study is about using ACT exercises in values and defusion as an intervention for psychological flexibility and ideological bias. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Navigating Child Interventions: Understanding Its Impact on African American and Latinx Caregivers
This study is about exploring marginalized families' awareness of interventions for children with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, as well as the barriers they face in accessing these services. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Increasing Token Dispensation to University Students by University Instructors
This study is about the effectiveness of using a task analysis to train university instructors to dispense tokens as a reinforcement strategy in online classrooms. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Behavioral Outcomes of the Prosocial Program: The Impact on Measures of Social Discounting and Psychological Flexibility
This study is about finding whether knowledge of the Prosocial group management approach by Atkins et al. (2019) affects rates of social discounting, a behavioral method suggested to be an objective measurement of one kind of altruistic behavior. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.