Empathy and self-awareness, exploring training effects: A comparison between acting and professional counseling students.

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Empathy and self-awareness, exploring training effects: A comparison between acting and professional counseling students.

Dr. Joanne Jodry, 732-263-5115,  jjodry@monmouth.edu
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Dear Students:
You are invited to participate in a research study that examines self-awareness, empathy and emotional intelligence.   The purpose of this study is to investigate whether  professional counseling training and acting training cultivate self-awareness, empathy and emotional intelligence. 

The procedure includes a brief demographic questionnaire, the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) and the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT).  These surveys are composed of questions regarding  self-awareness,  empathy and emotional intelligence.  This survey should take approximately 15 minutes of your time to complete. 

The Monmouth University Institutional Review Board approved the study and procedures. The study involves no foreseeable risks or harm to you.  Further, the risks are no greater than in ordinary life.  The study involves an examination of the personal and professional growth of current professional counseling program students and graduates.  Your participation in this research may benefit researchers by adding to the knowledge regarding the  personal and professional growth of current professional counseling program students and graduates.  There are no direct benefits to you being in this study.

You are free to ask any questions about the study or about being a participant by calling me at 732-263-5115 or e-mail: jjodry@monmouth.edu. For questions about your rights as a research participant please contact Deborah Smith of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) by phone at (732) 263-5726 or via e-mail at irb@monmouth.edu.

Your participation in this study is voluntary; you are under no obligation to participate. You may stop answering questions or skip questions at any time if you feel uncomfortable. 

Data will be collected using the Internet; no guarantees can be made regarding the interception of data sent via the Internet by any third party.  Confidentiality will be maintained to the degree permitted by the technology used. The data you provide will be held in the strictest confidence. The completed study will not include individual results or responses.  Confidentiality  will be maintained. All data will be collected by Joanne Jodry, Ed.D., DMH, stored in a secure place and will be destroyed in three years.

If you are a Monmouth University graduate student and your participation in this survey has caused you to feel uncomfortable in any way, or if the survey prompted you to consider personal matters about which you are concerned, we encourage you to take advantage of the confidential counseling services offered at Monmouth University.  You can contact a counselor at 732-571-7517. If you are not a Monmouth University graduate student and your participation in this survey has caused you to feel uncomfortable in any way, or if the survey prompted you to consider personal matters about which you are concerned, we encourage you to take advantage of the confidential counseling services offered at the national crisis hotline.  You can contact the national crisis hotline at 1-800-273-TALK.

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