Personality And Emotion Survey

Participant Information Sheet

My name is Sarah Burns and I am a Ph.D. Psychology student at Curtin University. I am conducting research into personality traits and their association with how individuals manage their emotions. If you are over the age of 18, I would like to invite you to partake in my research, which will involve completing an online survey. The questions are simple and should only take approximately 15 to 20 minutes of your time. The questions will ask about certain aspects of your personality, as well as how good you feel you are at handling emotions. I will assume that you consent to your data being used in this research when you click the ‘submit’ button at the end of the survey. Participation is voluntary, and you are welcome to withdraw at any time prior to submitting your completed survey. Only the group results will be reported, and may be used for academic publications and conference presentations, as well as for my thesis.

If you are a member of the School of Psychology and Speech Pathology participant pool AND you have registered for this study in Sona, you will be awarded 2 participation points by completing this survey. You will be asked for your name and student ID number after completing the survey, however this information will not be linked to the data that you provide in the survey.

If you are not a member of the participant pool (or you are a member who does not want to be awarded the participation points), you will have the option of entering your email address at the end of the survey to have a chance to win one of six $50 Amazon.com vouchers. To protect your anonymity email addresses and answers to the surveys will be stored in separate locations so there will be no way to link your email address to the survey data that you provide.

Any further questions can be answered by me or my supervisors, Dr. Lynne Roberts and Dr. Sarah Egan.

Sarah Burns: sarah.burns@curtin.edu.au
Dr. Lynne Roberts (Supervisor): Lynne.Roberts@curtin.edu.au ph: 9266 7183
Dr. Sarah Egan (Co-Supervior): S.Egan@exchange.curtin.edu.au ph: 9266 2367

Please click the link below to begin the survey.

Link to questionnaire

This study has been approved by the Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee (Approval Number HR 114/2010). The Committee is comprised of members of the public, academics, lawyers, doctors and pastoral carers. Its main role is to protect participants. If needed, verification of approval can be obtained either by writing to the Curtin University Human Research Ethics Committee, c/- Office of Research and Development, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845 or by telephoning 9266 2784 or by emailing hrec@curtin.edu.au.

Thank you for your interest in this research,
Sarah Burns.