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Paid Research Intervention Study for Adolescents (Ages 13-16) UT Dallas

The Development Lab at UT Dallas is now offering a paid intervention research opportunity for adolescents in the Dallas area. We are a non-profit research group at the university investigating the effects of social media on adolescents’ mental health and well-being. This study is approved by our Institutional Review Board, ongoing, and is deemed safe. This study is also completely voluntary and an excellent opportunity for those in the community to learn more about psychology or research!

Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.

Our lab at UT Dallas is excited to invite you or any Dallas local adolescents you know to a new two-week online intervention program seeking to explore the effects of social media on adolescent mental and cognitive well-being. If you have any younger siblings, children, cousins, family friends, or other young connections in the area, we encourage you to please spread the word about our study. For completing all the components listed below, they can be compensated up to $150. 

Depending on their assigned group, adolescents may: 

  • Limit time on TikTok and Instagram for two weeks 

  • Or attend an online workshop on healthy social media use 

To understand the effectiveness of the program, the adolescent will be asked to complete the following questionnaires and lab visits (Some visits do include completing computer tasks while wearing a safe, non-invasive EEG cap to measure brain activity): 

  • A pre-intervention IN-PERSON lab visit at UT Dallas  

  • A pre-intervention online questionnaire 

  • An online daily check-in questionnaire 

  • A post-intervention IN-PERSON lab visit at UT Dallas 

  • A post-intervention online questionnaire 

  • An online follow-up questionnaire one month later 

If you know any teenagers interested, please share this short eligibility survey: https://redcap.utdallas.edu/surveys/?s=E73YY4D97MA8FCJ7 . We will reach out ASAP! 

Lab Website: https://labs.utdallas.edu/devlab/  


*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.

Location:

795 Drive D
Richardson, TX, 75080
United States

Phone:

9728833832
Contact name: 
Summer Moser
Dates: 
07/21/2025
07/22/2025
07/23/2025
Time: 
9:00AM - 8:00PM
Price: 
FREE

Ages

Teenagers