Canadian Members Needed for Research Study

[Kizzie]

Hi Everyone:

Professor Colette Smart from the University of Victoria, Department of Psychology is conducting a study on trauma and I have agreed to her recruiting participants from OOTS.  As the information suggests below she is looking for Canadians and this is because the resulting report will be forwarded to Canadian institutions. The study is entirely online starting with a screening (3 minutes) which she and her staff will look at.  If you are selected then you will go on to complete questionnaire (30 minutes) and some cognitive tasks (30 minutes). Once you complete the study you will receive a $20 Amazon gift card. There is a flyer attached to this post which has a QR code to scan for more details.

Please note you will need to contact the researchers at smartlab@uvic.ca for a code to start the study or for more information or questions.

A basic outline of the study is as follows: 

Study objective:

This study aims to examine how exposure to different types of traumatic events can impact our thinking and our emotional functioning. Different types of trauma can be single events (e.g., natural disasters, car accident, assault, adverse medical event such as heart attack, stroke, and brain injury) or complex (e.g., experiencing child abuse/neglect or abuse within a relationship).
 
We aim to recruit adults:

• Aged 19-65 in Canada who can communicate fluently in English.
• Who have had 1+ trauma exposure after birth (e.g., car accident, assault, natural disaster, sudden death) AND/OR
• Whose trauma exposure was a major medical event (e.g., stroke, brain injury, heart attack, ICU stay) OR
• Have a complex trauma exposure such as childhood abuse and/or neglect, abuse in a relationship, being part of a religious or political cult, or being a refugee or someone subject to forced migration.

All participants must have access to a personal computer/laptop with a mouse and keyboard.
 
Commitment from participants:

This study is entirely online, and participants can take breaks between sections. The screener takes approximately 3 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of questionnaires, and cognitive tasks should take no more than 30 minutes.

[AnneMarie65]

I'm in

[Kizzie]

That's great, tks for participating!