You have been invited to participate in research involving certain types of experiences and their relationship to your personal happiness. The study is being conducted to partially fulfill the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Transpersonal Psychology from Sofia University, located at 1069 East Meadow Circle in Palo Alto, California, 94303.
The goal of the study is to increase understanding of the impact that your view of these experiences can have on your happiness. Your participation in this study will entail full completion of this online survey of 48 questions, plus two free-form responses, with an estimated completion time of 10-15 minutes. Please be aware that if you do not fully complete the survey partial data cannot be used, and you cannot return to finish the survey, so please set aside the necessary time for completion. Please do not complete the survey if you are under 20 years of age.
Survey Monkey, the host site of the surveys, is a secure and private site. Click here to see their privacy policies: https://www.surveymonkey.com/mp/data-privacy. No identifying information will be stored. Your answers will only be used in aggregate by the researcher, Mark Jamieson.
You will also be asked to fill out some basic demographic information of: Age, gender, nationality, and spiritual orientation. That will be used for statistical analysis as it relates to the survey outcomes. All material associated with this study, both digital and on paper, will be password-protected and/or stored in a locked closet for 5 years, and will be shredded when disposed.
I do not anticipate that you will be exposed to any risks or dangers because of your participation. However, if you wish to further process what has arisen during the survey participation, you can access the National Alliance of Mental Health Hotline number, which is 800-950-NAMI (6264). If you need to contact me about questions surrounding this survey or to obtain results of this study, please email mark.jamieson@sofia.edu.
I am very grateful for your time. Your consent for this study is implied by your online participation in the survey. For further questions or concerns, you may also contact Sofia University Dissertation office, dissertation@sofia.edu, or Patty Hlava, Ph.D., the Dissertation Committee Chairperson, at patty.hlava@sofia.edu.
Thank you so much for participating.