Rebecca Moore, Study Supervisor (School of Psychology, University of Ottawa)

Please read this page to find out how to participate in this anonymous and confidential survey and what is involved. Your name will be entered in a draw for $100 (more on this below). If you have any questions or if you wish to complete the survey by hand, please contact me at (rmoor015@uottawa.ca, 613-562-5800 ext. 4466).


I am conducting research examining how parents react to their children’s emotions and how that relates to children’s ability to handle their feelings. I am especially interested in receiving information from both parents of the same child. In order to participate your child must be between the ages of 6 and 10 and you must be proficient in English.

If you agree to participate you will be asked to complete some questionnaires that measure your child’s ability to manage his/her emotions, your feelings of social support, and the occurrence of recent stressful events in the family. You will also be asked to imagine your child expressing anger or sadness in a number of situations and then asked how you would respond. In addition, we will ask for some background information.

The questionnaires will take about 45 minutes to complete. If you wish you may complete the study in more than one sitting. However, be sure to complete the page that you are working on and then click "next" or you will have to complete that page again the next time. Please note that if your partner plans to complete the study on the same computer, this can only be done once you have completed the questionnaires and clicked "done".

Cash Draw: To show our appreciation for your help you will be entered in a draw for $100.00. Your chances of winning will be 1/200 or greater. If both parents participate you will both be eligible to win. Your email address will be used in the draw and to inform you if you have won. We will inform the winner of the draw once the study is complete. Your email address will then be destroyed.

Important: If both you and your partner choose to participate, we ask that you complete your questionnaires privately without consulting with each other. If you wish you may discuss your answers after you have both completed the study.

It is requested that the same child be considered by both parents. Please choose one child and consider that child for all of the questionnaires. We will ask you both for a code word so that we can pair up your responses. Be sure to use the same code word as your partner. There are no right or wrong answers and we encourage you not to think about the questions for too long. Often the first answer you think of will be the best answer for you.

Participation is completely voluntary, anonymous, and confidential, and you are free to withdraw from the study at any time simply by leaving the website and not submitting your information. Participants who choose to withdraw from the study you may remain the in the cash draw. Simply complete the "email address" section on the "Demographic Information" page. Then skip forward to the last page and click "Done".

All information will be kept confidential. No individual responses to this study will be published, and only overall group averages will be reported. All the information you provide will be completely anonymous. You will not be asked to give your name. Only the principal investigator and the co-investigator will have access to the data. This website is on a secure server. No one besides the researchers will be able to access your information when you submit it. Data will be conserved for 10 years in a secured filing cabinet in the researcher’s laboratory.