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The BOBA Project
Building Our Bonds Authentically
Study Activities for Families with Teens 16-18
For families with teens who are 16-18, participating in the BOBA Project involves the following online study activities:
Click on one of the buttons above or see below to view more information about each study activity.
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Families will receive up to $90 and BOBA-related prizes for their participation.
1. Surveys
Teens and their parents/guardians will both complete two 30-minute surveys (1 hour total). In the surveys, we will ask you questions about your opinions, life experiences, relationships, identity, and health and wellbeing.
Survey responses will be stored in a secure server and we will not share your answers to these surveys with anyone outside of our research team, including your family members.
2. Parent-Teen Virtual Activity Session
After completing the two surveys, teens and their parents/guardians will do a virtual activity session together over Zoom. This session takes approximately 1 hour to complete.
In the session, teens and their parents/guardians will do a guided conversation activity facilitated by one of our research staff. We will show you three scenarios related to Asian/Asian American identity and ask you both to share with each other what you would do if you were to encounter such a situation. Through this guided conversation activity, you will be able to learn more about each others' perspectives and we can hear about your experiences as Asian/Asian American teens and/or parents/guardians.
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The session will be video and audio recorded. The recordings will be stored securely on our server at Brigham and Women's Hospital and can only be viewed by our research team.
To prepare for this session:
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Make sure you have Zoom downloaded on your computer and have a stable internet connection.
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Find a quiet and comfortable space where you can participate without interruptions.
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Locate a setting where you feel comfortable turning off any Zoom backgrounds (including blurred backgrounds). This is so we can see both of your faces clearly during the session.
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Make sure both of you can be within view of the camera (e.g., sit side-by-side in-person if possible)
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Get to know who will be running your session here.
3. Follow-up Feedback Survey
A week after the virtual activity session, we will follow up with teens and their parents/guardians with a short follow-up feedback survey. This survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete.
We will ask both of you to share how the session went for you and ask questions about conversations that you may have had after you finished your session.
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Survey responses will be stored in a secure server and we will not share your answers to these surveys with anyone outside of our research team, including your family members.
