Welcome to the Catching Emotions Study 

The Catching Emotions study is a paid research study for high school students. The study will help researchers understand how friends may ‘catch’ each other’s emotions.  This includes looking at how communication between friends may influence each of their emotions.  We will also look at whether catching emotions from friends may make some teens more likely to develop emotional difficulties like depression. We hope what we learn from this study will be useful in developing programs to help prevent and treat adolescent emotion difficulties.