Research Center: Boston University
Location: This is a virtual study in the United States
Lead Researcher: Samuel Meisel, PhD
IRB: This study has been reviewed and approved by the Boston University Institutional Review Board

As a parent, supporting a teen through recovery can feel overwhelming. Every conversation and moment of connection can make a difference, but knowing what helps most isn’t always clear.

Project MAPP seeks to understand how daily interactions between parents and teens shape treatment outcomes. By gathering real-time insights, researchers hope to uncover ways caregivers can provide the right support at the right time. This study aims to make the path to healing a little easier—for both teens and the parents who love them.

Your child comes first. Join this research study.

• Participants will learn how daily interactions impact their teen’s recovery and strategies to provide the right support at the right time.
• Participants can earn up to $570 each in the form of Amazon, Target, or Walmart gift cards for participating in this study.
• Compensation is based on survey completion and is only provided to eligible participants who complete the study.
• Participants will be contributing to research that could improve substance use treatments for families and help clinicians develop better tools to strengthen parent-teen relationships.
• Participants will be playing an active role in shaping future support systems for caregivers and teens.
  Participants will be helping to advance medical research.

• You will receive a detailed outline of all details of the study, including risks and procedures, and you will be given the chance to ask study staff questions before you decide whether to participate.
• If you decide to participate in the study and later feel that you no longer wish to be part of it, you can withdraw at any time
• Your records relating to this study and any other information received will be kept strictly confidential, except as required by the law.

Eligible

• Teens aged 13 – 18 years old AND their caregivers
• Teen must be enrolled in an outpatient mental health OR substance use treatment program
• Teen must have used alcohol in their lifetime
• Teen must have a legal guardian willing to participate in the study
• Teen and caregiver must be fluent in English or Spanish
• Teen and caregiver must have a cellphone or tablet
• Teen and caregiver must be able and willing to complete 15 weeks of daily surveys

Ineligible

• Teen shows acute psychosis
• Teen is unable to comprehend the study forms due to a suspected intellectual disability

Boston University
Boston University is an international, comprehensive, private research university, committed to educating students to be reflective, resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and lead in an interconnected world. Boston University is committed to generating new knowledge that will benefit society.