Toddlers' Responses to Strangers
ConditionSocial Behavior
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age13-24
SponsorUniversity of California Santa Cruz
About this trial
The study will assess if toddlers show differences in stranger wariness according to race, temperament, social network diversity, and neighborhood diversity.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
typically developing
age 13-24 months
Disqualifiers
None
Trial population
Community sample from the larger Santa Cruz area
Trial design
Design model
Case-only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Treatments tested in this trial
Children's stranger wariness response to strangers
BehavioralChildren will see two strangers, one from a familiar racial background and one from an unfamiliar racial background. Familiar race stranger will be from the same racial background as the child's caregiver and unfamiliar race stranger will not.
Treatment groups
No treatment groups listed
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Social Wariness
children's social wariness as assessed by the time that the child first vocalized, touched the stranger, and the duration of time that the child stayed near their parent in seconds standardized and averaged to create a composite score.
Time frame
Through study completion, an average of 10 years2
Social Preference
Social preference will be coded by observing toddler behavior and assigning the following codes: 1 = did not take the toy from either stranger, 2 = took toy from familiar race stranger, 3 = took toy from unfamiliar race stranger, 4 = took toy or played with both strangers simultaneously.
Time frame
Through study completion, an average of 10 yearsSponsors and contacts
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University of California Santa Cruz
Lead sponsor
New York University
Collaborator
University of Maryland, College Park
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov