Toddlers' Responses to Strangers

Last updated: March 6, 2025
Sponsor: University of California Santa Cruz
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Children's stranger wariness response to strangers

Clinical Study ID

NCT06550206
HS-FY2023-23
  • Ages 13-24
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The study will assess if toddlers show differences in stranger wariness according to race, temperament, social network diversity, and neighborhood diversity.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • typically developing

  • age 13-24 months

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • any known developmental delays

Study Design

Total Participants: 100
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Children's stranger wariness response to strangers
Phase:
Study Start date:
July 30, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
October 31, 2025

Study Description

This study is investigating 13- to 24-month-old toddlers' reactions to meeting new people from familiar and unfamiliar racial backgrounds! Participation involves a 1-hour one-time visit to the researcher's lab, located on the UC Santa Cruz campus.

The study itself will take about 20 minutes, but will ask for a 1-hour visit to make sure child participants feel comfortable in the new space. The study will video record as child participants interact with two adults, who will play with the child and offer toys. Parent participants will also be asked to complete two surveys, one demographic survey and one social network survey, so that investigators can better understand how the people children see in their daily lives relate to how participants react to strangers from different racial backgrounds.

Connect with a study center

  • Social Science 2 Building

    Santa Cruz, California 95064
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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