Many PACT projects are looking for volunteers! If you would be interested in helping with a research project, there are a variety of things you can do. See below for a description of projects, types of volunteer activities, and a list of who to contact. You can also sign up online. Thank you for your interest!
Project Name | Description | Contacts | Volunteer Responsibilities |
|---|---|---|---|
LAnTS (Longitudinal Attention and Temperament Study | Research focuses on the ways in which emotion and attention interact to shape how individuals navigate through their social world. | antlabpsu@gmail.com
717-439-3956 | Volunteers will be involved in helping with family visits to the PACT Center, enter data, help with recruitment and general office-based tasks. |
TEENS (Temperament, Evolving Emotions, Neuroscience Study) | We are currently examining the factors associated with anxiety development in adolescence. We do this through eye-tracking measures, surveys, observations of behavior, and measuring heart and brain activity. | Pact.teens1@gmail.com
717-439-3956 | Volunteers will be involved in helping with family visits to the PACT Center, enter data, help with recruitment and general office-based tasks. |
BaSICS (Building a Strong Identity and Coping Skills) | A youth-empowerment program designed to teach healthy coping skills to 11-12 year-old pre-adolescents. This intervention also empowers youth to make positive change in their communities by exploring their personal and social identity. | BaSICSpsu@gmail.com
English: 717-649-6904
Spanish: 717-649-6528 | Assisting with assessment visits with middle school students and/or parents–conducting interviews, collecting saliva samples, assisting with stress activity. Assisting with recruitment of potential research participants at various events such as back-to-school night. Assisting project staff with data management tasks such as data entry or coding observations. |
PARADE (Parents and Adolescents’ Reflections on African Americans Daily Experiences in Harrisburg) | To understand how place (i.e., residential neighborhood) and where families go (activity space) and culture shape the links between parenting and youth behaviors. | contextlab1@gmail.com
814-867-2352 | Potential Responsibilities: data collection (notetaker, interview assistant), data entry, child care |