Adolescent Stress, Health and Behavior Project

To find out about this 499 opportunity contact:

Contact name: Kevin King, Ph.D.
Email: kingkm@u.washington.edu

Faculty Information

Faculty Advisor: Kevin King, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department: Psychology
Office: Guthrie 333
Telephone: (206) 543-4781
Email: kingkm@uw.edu@u.washington.edu
Psychology Area Child Clinical

Does faculty advisor meet with students?

Yes
If yes, how often? Weekly

Direct supervisor of students:

Kevin King, Ph.D.
Supervisor Title: Assistant Professor, Psychology
Will 499 students participate in weekly or biweekly discussions sessions about research or project? Yes

Short Project Description

The goal of this project is to develop a multi-faceted field based assessment of self-regulation using questionnaire measures and computerized tasks, and to connect those measures of self-regulation with alcohol and drug use in young adults. This project is currently in the launch phase and will rapidly move to data collection. During the winter quarter we will be collecting data from up to 500 college students in the Psychology subject pool.

Work Schedule

Min. number of hours/weekstudent must work: 3
Evenings/weekends OK? Yes
Times a student must bepresent/work: must attend lab meeting on Fridays 2-3pm
Student commitment: 2 quarters

499 Responsibilities

Working with Data Working with Subjects Working with Animals/physiology
10 % data entry 0 % video taping 0 % animal care
0 % database management 0 % interview subjects 0 % animal observation
0 % encoding data 10 % scheduling appt 0 % surgical techniques
0 % library research 75 % running subjects 0 % histology
0 % data collection 0 % child care 0 % laboratory protocols
    0 % recruiting subjects    

Other: 5% lab meetings

Skills / Experience Preferred

Posting Removal

12/31/2009