Our names are Dr. Sharon M. Flicker and Lindsay Browne. Dr. Flicker is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at California State University, Sacramento and Ms. Browne is a graduate student at the University of Houston. We are conducting this research study to look at individuals’ experiences in relationships. If you volunteer to participate, you will be asked to topics such as relationship satisfaction, feelings of closeness, and fulfillment of emotional needs as well as several short-answer questions about you and your relationship history. Your participation in this study will last 20-30 minutes.



Your participation in this study is voluntary. You have the right not to participate at all or to leave the study at any time without penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. There are some possible risks involved for participants. These risks are not anticipated to be any greater than risks you encounter in daily life. There are some benefits to this research, particularly that we will develop a better understanding of individual’s experiences in close relationships.



Everyone has the opportunity to enter a raffle and to receive a copy of the research report. The raffle is for one of eight $25 Amazon gift cards. If you would like to enter the raffle and/or receive the research report, there will be a link at the end of this survey to a separate survey where you can enter your email address. The separate link will be unconnected to the data you will provide during the survey, in order to preserve your anonymity. If you would like to enter the raffle and/or obtain the research report without participating in the survey, please send an email to Dr. Flicker at flicker@csus.edu. The raffle will be drawn by August 31st and you will be contacted by email if you have won. You will have one week to respond to the email to claim your prize, which will be sent by email.



It is anticipated that study results will be shared with the public through presentations and/or publications. Information collected for this study is anticipated to be completely anonymous and cannot be linked back to you. To maintain your privacy, we encourage you to complete the study in a private location on a private device on a secure network. The anonymous data will be maintained in a password-protected file on a computer hard drive. It may be used for future research studies or distributed to another investigator for future research studies without additional informed consent from you. Raw data will be cleaned of any potentially identifying information and may be stored indefinitely.



Simply clicking the link below to enter the survey will indicate your consent to participate.



Contact Details:



If you have any questions or concerns regarding this research, please feel free to contact:



Researcher

Dr. Sharon M. Flicker

Assistant Professor of Psychology

California State University, Sacramento

6000 J Street

Sacramento, CA 95816

(916)278-5605

flicker@csus.edu



For any queries regarding ethical concerns you may have, please contact:

Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development

California State University, Sacramento

(916) 278-5674

irb@csus.edu

