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First, we need your consent. A description of the study, along with the consent is below. Feel free to look it over, if you have any questions or comments please contact Dr. Zebroff at info@artofconnection.ca
PARTICIPANT INFORMATION AND CONSENT FORM
Study Title: Preference for Solo or Partnered Sex: A mixed method study to identify the reasons men and women of different ages give to explain the decline in partnered sexual activity.
Principal Investigator: Co-Investigator:
Petra Zebroff, Ph.D. Darien Thira, Ph.D.
Art of Connection & Nurturing Humanity Research Adler University
Email address: pzebroff@gmail.com Email address: darien@thira.ca
Contact Number: 778 858 2306 Contact Number: 604-822-9230
Vancouver, BC Vancouver, BC
INVITATION
You are invited to participate in a research study conducted by Nurturing Humanity Research Institute, directed by Dr. Petra Zebroff and Darien Thira. The study will include 2,500+ adult participants from the general population.
You are being invited because your participation will help scientists understand how men and women decide to engage in either individual or partnered sex.
An online questionnaire will take approximately 9-12 minutes and will ask questions about your sexual experiences and preferences. All questions are available to read before you submit the form. If you have any questions about the study or the questionnaire, a research associate will be available to answer any questions you might have before or after completion.
YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VOLUNTARY
Your participation is voluntary. This consent form describes the procedures that are being carried out for research purposes. Please review the consent document carefully when deciding whether or not you wish to be part of the research and hit the consent button only if you accept being a research participant. You have the right to refuse to participate in this study. If you decide to participate, you may still choose to withdraw from the study at any time without any negative consequences to the education, or other services to which you are entitled or are presently receiving.
Please take time to read the following information carefully and to discuss it with your family, friends, and/or doctor before you decide.
WHO IS CONDUCTING THE STUDY?
This study is being conducted by Dr. Petra Zebroff, a director of Nurturing Humanity a Research Institute and Dr. Darien Thira, a psychologist, associated with Adler University. This study is funded by Nurturing Humanity Research Institute.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Sexual behavior is beneficial for many reasons. Positive aspects of sexuality include an increase in sexual and relationship satisfaction, health and overall well-being. But data shows that partnered sexual activities are decreasing in all populations, and even more so in younger people. If people have less partnered sex, they are missing out on the benefits, which include relational health such as intimacy, relationship length, commitment, agency communication, psychological connection, feeling pleasure is prioritized in partner and individual, familiarity with one’s body and response.
Some reasons for this decline have been attributed to screen technologies, increase in mood disorders, and fewer relationships. Theories have proposed to explain the decision to either have sex with a partner or on your own, which is based on a cost/benefit analysis, evaluated the cost compared with the benefit you imagine you receive from each encounter. While past research has studied the benefits of partnered sex and the prohibitions against solo sex, there is a dearth of understanding of what factors are involved in making the decision between the two. Understanding this decision can help support the efforts to promote sexual health, sexual rights and aids clinicians in helping clients to get satisfied sex lives and develop sexual education programs for adolescents and adults in advanced age.
We are inviting you to participate in this research study because: 1) You are an English-speaking adult (19+); and 2) we are testing the reasons individuals have a preference for solo or partnered sex; and 3) if these are different for men and women of different generations.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:
The aim of this study is to understand the preferences for solo versus partnered sex 1) what the reasons are, 2) whether these reasons are different for men and women in different generations, and 3) the factors associated with these differences.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
You will be considered for this study if you are: 1) 19+ years of age, and 2) speak fluent English.
WHO SHOULD NOT PARTICIPATE?
You should not participate in the study if you 1) are under the age of 19, and/or 2) if you do not speak English.
WHAT DOES THE STUDY INVOLVE?
Your participation in this study involves the following, completing a questionnaire which includes questions asking demographic, sexual frequency, sexual preferences and beliefs about sexuality and relationships. After submitting your results, your initiation preference report will be displayed on the screen and will be emailed to you (if you request). Participation in this study will take about 9 - 12 minutes. The range in number of questions is 23 – 25, which depends on your answers.
COST AND COMPENSATION
Benefits of Participation
Upon completion of the questionnaire, you will receive a report of your initiation style free of charge. No other compensation is offered.
This study may help participants gain a deeper understanding of sexuality in general. Participants may also benefit from a greater understanding of their own preferences and motivations, as well s perspective on the range of common reasons others may prefer partnered or solo sexuality and the factors that are associated with these preferences and activities.
Risks of Participation
There are minimal disadvantages from taking part in this research study, mainly the time it takes to complete the questionnaire. Many of the questions asked on the surveys are personal as they relate to sexuality. We recognize that some of these questions are sensitive and personal and may also bring up some strong emotions. Your responses to all questions are confidential. You do not have to answer a question if you do not want to.
You may withdraw from this study at any time without consequence, by simply not submitting the questionnaire or by notifying a member of the study team. If you feel distressed, you are encouraged to contact your family physician or mental health professional.
CONFIDENTIALITY AND PARTICIPANT RIGHTS
Your confidentiality will be respected. We do not collect your name or ask for any personally identifying information. Your email may be collected for the purposes of sending your initiation preference results to you, however this is completely voluntary and optional.
You will be assigned a unique study number as a participant in this study. This number does not include any personal information that could identify you. Only this number will be used on any research-related information collected about you during the course of this study. Your identity as a participant in this study is confidential.
Your rights to privacy are legally protected by federal and provincial laws that require safeguards to ensure that your privacy is respected and give you the right of access to the information about you and, if need be, an opportunity to correct any errors in this information. Further details about these laws are available on request to the study coordinator.
Any data will be stored securely in locked files and on approved servers and will only be available to the investigators involved in this project. The questionnaire data are being collected using Alchemer Software. Questionnaire data will be stored in Alchemer data center. Only the Principal and Co-Investigator will have access to study data. All data relating to this study will be deleted (i.e., paper documents will be shredded, electronic files will be deleted) 5 years after the publication of manuscripts resulting from this research.
Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. You may withdraw from participating in the study at any time without any consequence.
Termination of your Participation in the Study
Your anonymous research data may be published or deposited into a publicly accessible location at the time of publication. This data could include collected online questionnaire responses. However, at no time will identifying information, such as your email, be included in such data. This means that other researchers may analyze the data for different reasons than those described in this consent form. Once the data is made publicly available, you will not be able to withdraw your data. The extent of the risk of you being identified through public data is unknown at this time but currently appears to be low.
WHOM TO CONTACT ABOUT THIS STUDY
If you have any concerns or complaints about your rights as a research participant and/or your experiences while participating in this study, contact the primary investigator, Dr. Petra Zebroff at info@artofconnection.ca , or the co-investigator, Dr. Darien Thira at darien@thira.ca. A research ethics board (REB) is an independent committee established to help protect the rights of research participants. If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant, and/or concerns or complaints regarding this research study, you may contact the Canadian SHIELD Ethics Review Board, which is not affiliated with the clinical research or the research team.
You may contact the Canadian SHIELD Ethics Review Board (CSERB) in the following ways: In writing: 501 Deerhurst Drive, Suite 102, Burlington, ON L7L 5T1 Telephone: 905-681-8661 or e-Mail: admin@cserb.com.
Consent to Participate in Research
I understand that I am being asked to participate in a research study “Preference for Solo or Partnered Sex: A mixed method study to identify the reasons men and women of different ages give to explain the decline in partnered sexual activity”. I understand that in the context of this study, I will be answering a range of 23 – 25 questions, which will take about 9 - 12 minutes. This study has been explained to me by the Investigator or their staff. I have read and understood all the pages of this Participant Information and Consent Form. All my questions have been answered to my satisfaction. If I decide at a later stage in the study that I would like to withdraw my consent, I may do so at any time.
A copy of the signed and dated Participant Information and Consent Form will be provided to me using the email address provided.
I voluntarily agree to participate in this study.
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