Prescription Drug Use and Personality
Experiment Protocol # 08-207
Prescription Drug Use & Personality
Investigator
Nicholas Van Dam B.S.
Department of Psychology
University at Albany
[email protected]
Study Description
You are being asked to participate in a research study designed to investigate the potential relationship between various personality characteristics and illicit drug and nonmedical prescription drug use. The study is being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Mitch Earleywine, Department of Psychology through the University at Albany.
Your participation in this research study involves completing several computerized questionnaires pertaining to your personal characteristics, emotions, interests, and behaviors (including your likes, dislikes, use of legal and illegal drugs, and participation in risky behaviors). Only individuals between the ages of 18 and 30 are eligible to participate.
Participation in this study is expected to take between 75-90 minutes. At the end of the survey you will have the opportunity to enter your email address for inclusion in a raffle for a first prize of a $250 amazon.com giftcard or a second prize of 1 of 5 4GB iPod Nanos (a $150 value).
Due to the nature of the experimental design there is a chance that you may feel slightly uncomfortable answering some of the questions. We would like to remind you that your participation in this project is entirely voluntary. You may skip questions that you feel uncomfortable answering at anytime without any penalty to you as a participant. Your decision to discontinue participating before the end of the study will not result in the penalty or loss of benefits to which you may otherwise have been entitled.
Risks
Some of the questions involve information about illegal behavior. We have made great efforts to protect your confidentiality, but there is a small possibility of a confidentiality breach. Please read the section below on confidentiality. Given the sensitive and illegal nature of some of the topics, you may feel slightly embarrassed when answering some of the questions.
Benefits
While we anticipate no direct benefits to you, others may benefit through the contribution you make to increased knowledge about factors that influence personal characteristics, emotions, and decisions to use various drugs.
Confidentiality
All information obtained in this study is strictly confidential unless disclosure is required by law. In addition, the Institutional Review Board and University or government officials responsible for monitoring this study may inspect these records.
It is important for you to know that questionnaire data will be collected via
www.surveymonkey.com. While we do not anticipate any problems associated with using this service, there is always some risk of a confidentiality breach associated with using the internet. In order to ensure your privacy and confidentiality, all of your responses will be coded with a subject ID number. We will not obtain your name nor any information that might directly relate you to the subject ID number or identify you as a participant. The one exception is your email address, which we will give you the option to provide should you like to be involved in a raffle for a prize upon completing the survey. We will immediately separate your email address from the rest of the information when we download the data.
We will take every step possible to ensure your confidentiality, including limiting access to Surveymonkey data only to those individuals necessary to conduct the study. All data collected online during this study will be stored in a password protected account and any data obtained in the laboratory or downloaded will be secured in locked filing cabinets or password protected computers. After a period of seven years, all materials will be destroyed.
Contacts
If you have any question about the study, please contact Nicholas Van Dam (518.445.5533 or
[email protected]) or Dr. Mitch Earleywine (518.442.4836 or
[email protected]), Department of Psychology, University at Albany, Social Sciences 369, Albany, NY, 12222.
If you have any questions concerning your rights as a research participant that have not been answered by the investigator or if you wish to report any concerns about the study, you may contact the University at Albany Office of Regulatory Research Compliance at 518-442-9050 (toll-free 800-365-9139) or
[email protected].
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