Informed Consent for Parents

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Sept 24, 2013 Version

Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences

Psychology Department

3333 University WayKelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7

Information Letter and Consent Form for Parents

Title of Study: The Economics of Happiness: An Examination of Children and

Adolescents

Purpose:The research will measure levels of happiness, life satisfaction, gratitude, hope,economic values, spirituality, and demographic variables to identify predictors of well-

being of children and parents.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Holder, Psychology (1-250-807-8728).

Co-Investigators: Tara Neville and Sarah Koss are UBCO Undergraduate Students. Thisresearch will be used for their Undergraduate Honours Theses, and the results will be

submitted for publication in an academic journal.

Study Procedure:If you consent to participate and consent to let your child participate(your child will be asked to give assent with your help), you and your child will be asked

to complete several questionnaires independently. These will include measures of

happiness, life satisfaction, hope, economic values, gratitude, spirituality, anddemographics. The entire study should take about 20 minutes for you to complete and 30

minutes for your child to complete. Your child should complete the questionnaires

independently, though they can ask you to clarify the meaning of words they may not

know. You and your child are under absolutely no obligation to participate; however,your data will only be examined if both you and your child complete the study (not just

one or the other). Therefore, we suggest that you and your child discuss whether you both

want to participate in this study before either of you complete the questionnaires.

Potential Risk:There are no known risks associated with participation in this study. You

and your child will evaluate your own positive emotional states. No negative effects have

been reported or indicated after measuring thousands of children in Canada and NorthernIndia. This is not surprising given the positive nature of the constructs being assessed.


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Potential Benefits: Results from this study may help improve our understanding of the

determinants of happiness and well-being. A summary of the results will be provided to

the schools for the principals and teachers, as well as for your child to bring home.

Remuneration/Compensation:The participation of you and your child is entirely

voluntary. If you both participate, both of your names will be entered into a draw to wintwo free movie tickets. One out of every 150 participants will win. Your and your childsnames will only be entered in the draw if BOTH of you have participated.

Confidentiality: Responses of all participants are strictly confidential, as individualresponses will only be seen by the researchers. No identifying information will be

collected. Each questionnaire will be coded in order to link the answers from each

participant and only the researchers will know this code. After the data are collected, the

codes will be destroyed so individuals cannot be identified. All of the questionnaires willbe administered online and no identifying information will be attached to the

questionnaires. The website used (www.SurveyMonkey.com) is encrypted, and only the

principal investigator and the co-investigators will have access to the original data.Computer data and questionnaires will be kept on a password-protected computer. This

data will be used in two undergraduate honours theses, which will be available on the

internet. In addition, we plan to submit the findings for publication. If published, the

study will also be publicly available on the internet. However, neither participants namesnor their individual data will be used in any reports of the study. The results will only be

reported for groups with no possibility of individual participants being identified.

Survey Monkey is a company located in the USA and is thus subject to the US Patriot

Act. This act allows authorities to access the records of Internet service providers.

Servers used by Survey Monkey record IP addresses, including the address of the

computer you use to complete the questionnaires. However, no connection can be madebetween your data and this IP address. If you participate in this study, your responses to

the questionnaires will be stored and accessed on a server in the USA for

surverymonkey.com. The complete security and privacy policy Survey Monkey can befound at www.surveymonkey.com/Monkey_Privacy.aspx.

Contact for information about the study: If you have any questions about this study,contact Dr. Mark Holder (1-250-807-8728; [email protected]).

Contact for concern about the rights of research participants: If you have any

concerns about the treatment or rights of students who choose to participate as researchsubjects, you may contact the Research Subject Information Line in the UBC Office of

Research Services at 1-877-822-8598 or the UBC Okanagan Research Services Office at

1-250-807-8832. The Office of Research Services may also be

contacted:[email protected].

Consent: Your participation is completely voluntary and you may refuse to participate. If

you agree to participate, please click I agree and continue on with the survey. This willindicate that you have read and understood the above information and have consented to
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participate in this study. By clicking I agree you are also giving consent for your child

to participate in this study. When your child goes to complete the study, assent will be

obtained from your child. If you do not wish to participate or have your child participate,simply exit this website now. If you change your mind at any time while completing the

survey just exit the website. However, you cannot withdraw yourself or your childs data

from this study once both of you have completed the survey because your answers areanonymous and we have no way of identifying your particular responses or your childsresponses.

If you have questions, email us at [email protected].

Please print a copy of this form to keep with you.

I agree No, thanks

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