Faculty Researcher: ERIN RODRIGUEZ
Contact Details
Description:
The Pediatric Coping and Language Lab studies family, linguistic, and sociocultural influences on children’s adaptation to stress. Our research focuses on families faced with chronic stressors, such as a child’s medical illness, to better understand how family coping, language and communication, and sociocultural context impact children’s mental and physical health outcomes.
Currently, we have several ongoing studies examining coping and adjustment in pediatric cancer and asthma.
Qualifications-
Required qualifications:
-Interest in gaining experience in pediatric psychology research.
-Highly motivated and conscientious
-Minimum GPA of 3.3
-Proficiency in spoken and written Spanish.
-Interest in gaining experience in pediatric psychology research.
-Highly motivated and conscientious
-Minimum GPA of 3.3
-Proficiency in spoken and written Spanish.
Preferred qualifications:
-Major in psychology, pre-med or a related field.
-Familiarity with the following software: SPSS, Excel, Qualtrics
-Previous work/volunteer experience in hospital settings.
Project Timeline:
The undergraduate RA position will be available starting in the summer 2015. A one year minimum commitment is required.
Duties:
Duties include participant recruitment, home- and hospital-based assessments, behavioral coding, transcription, and data entry.
Students can expect to work 8-10 hours/week on this project. Course credit is available.