Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Dr. Christopher Sciamanna is researching if Web-based journaling can be effective in reducing mental distress. Volunteers are needed for this study.
Volunteers need to fluently speak, write and read English; be 21 to 80 years old; have a working email address and Internet access at home or work; and be experiencing stress.
Volunteering will require attending an office visit at the Medical Center and being assigned to either a test group or a comparison group; writing on a website for 15 minutes on three days each week about one of seven positive affect topics for three months (if assigned to the test group); and completing monthly surveys online for three months.
Compensation is provided.
For more information, call Lindsay Cover at 717-531-7754.
This research study, IRB 41160, has been approved by the Institutional Review Board, under federal regulations at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine.