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: 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.
Study Title: Do Age, Gender, and Offense severity impact participant attitudes towards sex offenders
This study is about how aligned participants opinion are with current mandatory registration periods in relation to sex offenders of various ages, genders, and offenses. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques
This study is about examining therapist preferences of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques used to work with anger. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: The Duty to Protect: Mental Health Professionals Understanding and Limitations
This study is about mental health professionals' understanding of the duty to protect/Tarasoff and how they understand sharing information. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Evaluating the Effects of Remote Behavior Skills Training for Teaching Fire Safety to Parents of Neurodivergent Children
This study is about helping parents of neurodivergent children learn how to teach fire safety steps using virtual Behavior Skills Training to increase their child's independence during emergency situations. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Code 4 Resilience: A Psychoeducation Program for Intimate Partners of Law Enforcement Officers
This study is about evaluating the effectiveness of Code 4 Resilience, a newly developed psychoeducation training program for reducing levels of compassion fatigue and increasing levels of compassion fatigue resilience (CFR) among intimate partners of law enforcement officers. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: The Impact of Maternal Insecurity on Black Daughters
This study is about Black adult women and their interactions with their insecure mothers, exploring how maternal insecurity has the potential to cause emotional and relational issues in Black adult females. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: Clinicians' Perspectives of the Relationship Between Fentanyl Use and Gang Involvement
This study is about clinicians' views on the relationship between Fentanyl use and gang involvement. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.
Study Title: The Relationship Between Social Media, Cyberbullying, Anxiety, Body Dysmorphia, and Depression in Female College Students
This study is about exploring how social media use relates to cyberbullying, body dysmorphia, anxiety, and depression in female college students, with the goal of informing targeted mental health interventions and support strategies for this population. If interested in participating, please see here for more information.