Sunday, January 29, 2012

UCSF Autism and Neurodevelopment Program -SAGE: The Stress, Aging and Emotions Study for Parents

Summary

Study director: Elissa Epel, PhD
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging

Recruiting?
Yes; we are currently recruiting for both our study group (mothers of children with an autism spectrum disorder) and our control group (mothers of typically developing children)

Official study title:
The Stress, Aging and Emotions Study for Parents (SAGE)
Conditions studied: The short term and long term effects that the stress of parenting has on women’s health, specifically the stress of parenting a child with an autism spectrum disorder.

Purpose:
Our goal is to examine how emotional well‐being is related to immune cell aging. In order to really understand how mood and behavior affect short term changes in cell aging, we will be taking blood samples and asking questions about feelings and behaviors while following you over 2 years.

More information HERE.

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