LEARNING AND DECISION-MAKING STUDIES
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LEARNING AND DECISION-MAKING STUDIES
Ethics Approval Reference: R79042/RE001

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Decision making strategies in children and adolescents
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LEARNING AND DECISION-MAKING STUDIES
Ethics Approval Reference: R79042/RE001

PARENT/GUARDIAN CONSENT FORM

Decision making strategies in children and adolescents
Participants must consent to all of the below statements (by checking the box next to each statement) in order to proceed with the study. If you do not wish to consent to participate, you may exit the study now or at any time by closing your browser tab. Your data will only be stored if you choose to submit it at the end of the study.



















LEARNING AND DECISION-MAKING STUDIES
Ethics Approval Reference: R79042/RE001

CONSENT FOR INDIVIDUALS OVER 16 YEARS

Decision making strategies in children and adolescents
Over 16s to consent to the following by ticking the boxes:
Participants must consent to all of the below statements (by checking the box next to each statement) in order to proceed with the study. If you do not wish to consent to participate, you may exit the study now or at any time by closing your browser tab. Your data will only be stored if you choose to submit it at the end of the study.

















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If any answers are "no" or you don't want to take part, that's OK! You are welcome to quit the study by closing the browser window.
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WELCOME TO THIS DECISION MAKING EXPERIMENT!

Click through these task instructions using the "Previous" and "Next" buttons at the bottom of the screen.
In this game you are a monkey looking for apples to eat in the forest.
Eating apples gives you health points and your aim is to gain as many health points as you can.
You will see three different trees: 1 red apple tree, 1 yellow apple tree and 1 green apple tree.
Your task is to choose one of these trees to take an apple from by clicking on it with your mouse.
Each of the trees has a chance that an apple you pick from it will contain a worm: none of the trees are ever completely free of worms.
If the apple you picked contains a worm, you cannot eat the apple so you will see a sad monkey face and win no health points.
If the apple you picked does not contain a worm, you can eat the apple so you will see a happy monkey face and win 10 health points.
As you continue to pick apples you may notice that the chance of the different coloured apples containing a worm will change as the worms afflict different types of trees during different seasons.
You may also notice duration of different seasons and how affected the trees are with worms varies throughout the task.
Regardless of season and distribution of worms among trees, there is always one tree with a majority of worm-free apples.
After a short practice phase you will make 360 choices before being offered a break, followed by a further 360 choices.
You can see the total health points (black arrow) you have won so far, as well as how many choices you have left on each play (grey arrow). You can leave the game at any time by pressing the "Exit Study Now" button.
Again, your aim is to win as many health points as possible.

At the end of the game you will be asked to read through a number of statements and answer if they describe something about yourself.
If you understood the instructions and are ready to practice press "Start practice rounds", if not, go back through the instructions to refresh your memory.
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Total points:
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Choices left:
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If this is a mistake, please click "Return to study". To leave the experiment, please click on "Quit study".



If you have any concerns or questions please contact us at devneuro@psy.ox.ac.uk.


If you find yourself in need of mental health support these are people who can help.

Your GP - GPs are the key route for accessing support and mental health care (including medication and/or psychological therapies) from the NHS

A school nurser or mental health leader at your school

TalkingSpace run psychoeducational courses, provide computerised and/or telephone based CBT and in some cases other options such as group CBT, mindfulness based therapies and individual therapy. www.talkingspaceplus.org.uk

Samaritans offer a safe place to talk, and are particularly experienced in talking to people who have suicidal feelings. Website: www.samaritans.org

For anyone under 35 having thoughts of suicide, HOPELineUK: https://www.papyrus-uk.org/help-advice/about-hopelineuk

MoodGym at www.moodgym.anu.edu.au

Living Life To The Full at www.livinglifetothefull.com

Mood Juice at www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk
Thank you for taking part in our study.



If you have any concerns or questions please contact us at devneuro@psy.ox.ac.uk.


If you find yourself in need of mental health support these are people who can help.

Your GP - GPs are the key route for accessing support and mental health care (including medication and/or psychological therapies) from the NHS

A school nurser or mental health leader at your school

TalkingSpace run psychoeducational courses, provide computerised and/or telephone based CBT and in some cases other options such as group CBT, mindfulness based therapies and individual therapy. www.talkingspaceplus.org.uk

Samaritans offer a safe place to talk, and are particularly experienced in talking to people who have suicidal feelings. Website: www.samaritans.org

For anyone under 35 having thoughts of suicide, HOPELineUK: https://www.papyrus-uk.org/help-advice/about-hopelineuk

MoodGym at www.moodgym.anu.edu.au

Living Life To The Full at www.livinglifetothefull.com

Mood Juice at www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk





If you are ready to start the main game press START.
If you would like to see the instruction screens and practice the task again press INSTRUCTIONS.
This questionnaire is about how interesting and enjoyable you have found your life over the past two weeks. Please answer all the questions as honestly as possible. Please circle how often you experienced the feeling, thought or behaviour described in each sentence. Your options are.



1. I had no motivation to get started on things.


2. Nothing made me feel excited.




Please put a tick the word that shows how often each of these things happens to you. There are no right or wrong answers.



1. I worry about things.


2. I feel sad or empty.




This questionnaire is about the impact of COVID-19 on you, your family and School. Please answer all the questions as honestly as possible. Please circle how often you experienced the feeling, thought or behaviour described in each sentence.



1. Do you think that you currently have or have had COVID-19?


2. I worry that I am not on track with my studies due to COVID-19


3. I worry that my future grades will be affected by COVID-19


4. I worry that returning to school will increase the risk of me getting COVID-19


5. I worry that returning to school will increase my family's risk of getting COVID-19


6. Have your future education or employment plans changed because of COVID-19?


7. How much has COVID-19 changed your daily routine?


8. Have your education or employment plans changed as a result of COVID-19?


9. Overall, what type of impact has the COVID-19 pandemic had on your life?






This is the end of the experiment.
Thank you for taking part in our study.
We are also running another study called the Foraging Fish Study. If you have played it in the last two weeks we would like to link your data between these two studies. To help us do that please provide us with the same 4 letter code as outlined below.

The first letter of your surname eg. Smith = S

The first letter of your address eg. Oxford Road = O

The last number of your year of birth eg. 2003 = 3

The last number of your phone number eg. 07533376435 = 5


If you have any concerns or questions please contact us at devneuro@psy.ox.ac.uk.


If you find yourself in need of mental health support these are people who can help.

Your GP - GPs are the key route for accessing support and mental health care (including medication and/or psychological therapies) from the NHS

A school nurser or mental health leader at your school

TalkingSpace run psychoeducational courses, provide computerised and/or telephone based CBT and in some cases other options such as group CBT, mindfulness based therapies and individual therapy. www.talkingspaceplus.org.uk

Samaritans offer a safe place to talk, and are particularly experienced in talking to people who have suicidal feelings. Website: www.samaritans.org

For anyone under 35 having thoughts of suicide, HOPELineUK: https://www.papyrus-uk.org/help-advice/about-hopelineuk

MoodGym at www.moodgym.anu.edu.au

Living Life To The Full at www.livinglifetothefull.com

Mood Juice at www.moodjuice.scot.nhs.uk