...it would take approx 10 minutes and you can link to it from here. Thank you sooooooo very much if you do participate! Details (containing the hyperlink to the study) are as follows:
INFORMATION SHEET
Anxiety and Verbal Communication
Dear Participant
You are invited to participate in a study in relation to anxiety experienced during verbal communication, which is being conducted by Nikki Burns, under the supervision of Dr Sue Watt, a lecturer at the University of New England. The research is being conducted for my honours thesis.
We would be very grateful if you would agree to participate in this research. Your participation in this study is entirely anonymous (no individual data will be requested) and you are free to withdraw from it at any stage. However, I hope you will find time to complete the questionnaires. You must be over 18 years of age to participate.
How to participate:
To protect your anonymity, the questionnaire is available on the internet. Please click on the following hyperlink:
http://verbalimpact.speedsurvey.com
Once you click on the above link, you will activate a recorded message. You will then be asked to complete 5 questionnaires which should take approximately 10 minutes. You will be asked some general background questions (such as your age), your views on how dangerous you perceive the world to be, how anxious you feel about a particular social interaction, and some social attitudes.
If you do decide to participate, thank you very much! If you have any questions about the project, please contact Nikki Burns by email: nburns@une.edu.au, or Sue Watt at the School of Psychology, University of New England on (02) 6773 2153, or by email: swatt2@une.edu.au.
It is unlikely that this survey will raise any personal issues you feel you need to discuss, but if this is the case then please contact your local community Health Centre, details of which can be obtained from the white pages of your regional telephone directory.
It is expected that the data will be analysed by the end of October 2006. If you would like information concerning the outcome of the project, please contact Sue Watt after that date on swatt3@une.edu.au.
This project has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of New England [approval No. HE06/022, valid to 13/3/07]. Should you have any complaints concerning the manner in which this research is conducted, please contact the Research Ethics Officer at the following address: Human Research Ethics Committee, Research Services, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia. (telephone: (02) 6773 3449; fax (02) 6773 3543, or email ethics@metz.une.edu.au.
― Nikki Burns, Wednesday, 21 June 2006 10:29 (eighteen years ago)
eleven months pass...