Frequenty Asked Questions

 

 

GEM Home Page
Purpose and Basic of Study
Participation in Study
Our Sister Study
Study Research Staff
Just for Participants
  • Who can participate?
    We invite any Denver-area third, sixth or ninth graders and one of their parents or guardians to contact us about joining the study. All 3rd, 6th, and 9th grade students are eligible to participate. There are no explicit inclusion or exclusion criteria other than grade level at entry into the study. These grades were selected to sample late childhood, early adolescence, and middle adolescence to prospectively study social and emotional development across time during these important developmental periods.
  • What is involved?
    The GEM study will consist of several in-person and over the phone interviews and questionnaires, as well as some short but fun puzzles and computer tasks. We will also collect a DNA sample from the child participant- a spit sample. Parent and children who participate can make up to $190.00 over the course of our three year study.
  • How to contact us?
    • You can call our main office number at 303-871-6828, or you can call our Project Manager at 303-871-3858.
    • You can also send us an e-mail at gemlab@psy.du.edu.
    • You can drop a note in the mail to :

      GEM Lab
      University of Denver
      Department of Psychology
      2155 S. Race St.
      Denver, CO 80208