Hi Everyone,
My name is Heather Pearce and I am a Psychology PhD student at
theUniversity of Adelaide in South Australia. My PhD research is
lookingat barriers to forgiveness people may experience following
hurtfulevents, and I was wondering if you could possibly help me. I am
looking for participants to take part in my online survey on reasons
people don't forgive. My research is the first work on why peopledon't
forgive following hurtful events, and involves the developmentof a
scale to measure barriers to forgiveness. For my research tocontribute
as effectively as possible to psychological research, it iscrucial
that I get responses from people who have experienced a range of
hurtful events and who are of various age groups and backgrounds. As
you are an online sup****t group concerning foster parents, Iwas
wondering whether anyone would be interested in taking part in my
research?
The study involves participants thinking of something hurtful that
someone has done to them at some point in their life that they haven't
forgiven (it can be as minor or major as you like, and could have
happened long ago or recently), and then answering questions about the
hurtful event and whythey haven't forgiven this person. The survey is
available online and only takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
It is completely private and confidential (any identification
information will be keptseparately to survey responses and will be
deleted in January,following data collection), and participants are
free to withdraw atany time. The study has been approved by the Ethics
Committee of the School of Psychology, University of Adelaide.
As incentive to participate, I am offering Australian participants
entry into a draw to win a $100 Westfield voucher (this voucher isonly
valid in Australia, which is why I'm only offering it toAustralian
participants).
Results from the study will contribute significantly to research inthe
area of forgiveness and to clinical and counselling interventions.All
responses will be used for RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY and will not beseen
by anyone but myself.
I realise that some of you may have experienced some terrible, hurtful
things, and please do not think that I am trying to "cash in" on your
pain and suffering. I am trying to get as broad a range of
participants andhurtful events as possible, and am in no way trying to
trivialise what some of you have gone through. I appreciate your time
andconsideration immensely, and do not at all want to pressure people
into participating.
If you would like to have a read of my information sheet for further
details on my study, or to participate in my study, please go
to:www.psychology.adelaide.edu.au/expts/barriers.html
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or would
like any further information.
Kind regards,
Heather Pearce
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