Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Principal Investigator: Elisabeth Dykens, Ph.D.
Other researchers: Wendy Stone, PhD.
This study aims to identify the concerns, strengths, health, and well-being of parents who are raising sons or daughters with different types of developmental disabilities.
We ask parents to take an hour to complete questionnaires that assess their coping styles, stresses, health, and mental health. We’d like to collect cortisol samples from parents’ saliva. Cortisol is a hormone associated with our responses to stress.
Parents of children 3 to 21 with:
$20 gift card for completion
By mail, or for local families, 1 visit to deliver cortisol samples
Elizabeth Roof
(615) 343-3330
elizabeth.roof@vanderbilt.edu
Individuals with PWS, ages 4 years and up
Compensation: YesPersons with Williams Syndrome
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