For seven nights in a row, your teen will spend about 10 minutes answering questions about their day. They'll do it on their phone, tablet, or computer — wherever they are. The questions are about how their day was, what they did, and how they felt.

Just 10 minutes each night, for 7 nights in a row. They can answer the surveys at any time between 6pm and 11pm.

Yes. This study has been reviewed and approved by Claremont Graduate University's Institutional Review Board (IRB #5373). The IRB is an independent group of researchers and community members whose job is to make sure studies are safe and ethical for participants. Your teen will not be asked to do anything physical, take anything, or share anything that could put them at risk.

Your teen's answers to daily questions about their experiences, mood, and activities. They will also be asked basic background questions at the start (age, grade, gender, etc.). We do not collect anything beyond what's needed for the research.

Your teen's answers are kept confidential. Their name is never connected to their responses in the data. Only the research team will see what they share, and we follow strict university rules for handling research data.

Yes, they will be paid $25 in the form of a Visa e-gift card. It will be emailed to them directly within 24 hours of completing the final survey.

Yes. Your teen can stop at any point, without giving a reason.

The data of all the teens participating in this study will be analyzed as a group. I will look for patterns across their responses to understand teenagers in general. Your teen’s answers will be anonymized before analyzing the data. I will only share my general findings in my publications, not teens’ individual data. The contact information collected will be deleted once the study is completed.

No, I will not be sharing anything your teen says on the surveys. Their responses will be kept confidential.

Once the study is complete, I am happy to share my general findings and recommendations with you. I am also happy to offer a workshop or guest lecture for an interested group. Please contact me at sumana.sri@cgu.edu for more information.

You can email me, Sumana Sri, at sumana.sri@cgu.edu.

You can also contact my PhD advisor, Prof. Jeanne Nakamura at jeanne.nakamura@cgu.edu or my university’s Institutional Review Board at irb@cgu.edu.