This study will employ a mixed methods longitudinal randomized control trial design. All
parents and youth will be assessed at four time points (Baseline, 3-month, 6-month, and
12-month) using surveys. Investigators will also use an observational racial-ethnic
socialization (RES) task at 3-months to complement self-report data where parents and youth
will have taped RES conversations.
Investiagtors will collect data with two balanced cohorts (Cohort 1 and Cohort 2).
Parent-youth dyads (N=312) will be recruited through community-based organizations and
diverse, public middle schools to reach a representative population of each racial-ethnic
group. Specific recruitment procedures are included below.
Once an identified parent-youth dyad is recruited into the study, parents and youth will
complete separate Qualtrics baseline surveys online. Parents will then receive either the
intervention or the control materials via email or text within 2 weeks (and be given a month
to start intervention). OTAAT consists of 11 videos (3-5 minutes each) that include didactic
modules and social modeling. The total intervention takes approximately 1.5-2 hours to
complete online, and parents can move through the videos at their own pace. The control
condition will receive web-based communication materials onsite, including communication
videos. Subsequent research follow-ups will occur at 3-months, 6-months, and 12-months with
both parents and youth via Qualtrics.
After the initial intervention, parents will receive 6 additional OTAAT contacts via text
messages/newsletters that will be spread out across the year with contacts at 1, 2, 4, 5, 8,
and 10 months after the initial intervention. These contacts will include a short survey
assessing the use of Ready, Set, Talk skills and setting times for having RES conversations.
Parents in the control condition will similarly receive text messages/newsletters at the same
time points.
At 3-month follow-up, parents and youth will also complete a video-recorded RES observational
task via a virtual platform or in-person depending on family preference. During the
observational task, parents and their children will be asked to spend five minutes discussing
four discrimination encounters. During these conversations, parents will be asked to talk to
their child about race and culture as they would at home in a natural manner. The task will
take approximately 25-30 minutes to complete.
