WELCOME TO OUR STUDY ON LIFE STYLE!

Thank you very much for your interest in our research.

This website is part of a research project supervised by Ayana Sato at the Department of Psychology in the University of Bath.

Our study is a web-based survey examining habits and emotions. Before taking part in this study, please read the consent form and proceed by clicking on the "NEXT" button at the bottom of the page.

CONSENT FORM

For your information, the researchers have obtained ethical approval for this study from the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bath on 28th July 2008 (Ref. No. 08-495A). The Departmental Ethical Committee can be contacted through Prof. D. Gooding (Chair), Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom (D.C.Gooding@bath.ac.uk).

The following information is provided for the participant to decide whether or not she/he wishes to participate in the study. Participants are free to withdraw from the study at any time.

This study involves a web-based survey designed to understand people's habits and emotions. Participation is entirely voluntary and requires less than 10 minutes to complete. There are no foreseeable risks involved in participating in the study. The information gathered will be very useful in evaluating people's lifestyle and your participation will hugely benefit social scientific research.

Data collection will be strictly anonymous and the information collected will not be associated with participants' names and will only be identifiable by a code number.

If you are 18 years of age or older, and freely consent to participate in the study having understood the statements above, please continue by pressing 'NEXT'. If you are under the age of 18 or would like to leave this survey, please click "Exit survey" now.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Ayana Sato (A.Sato@bath.ac.uk).