Informed Consent
The following study is designed to assess college students' perceptions of creativity and couple relationships. This study is being conducted by Dr. James C. Kaufman, Associate Professor of Psychology and Dr. Kelly Campbell, Assistant Professor at the California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB). This study has been approved by the Psychology Department Institutional Review Board subcommittee of the California State University, San Bernardino. A copy of the official Psychology IRB Committee stamp of approval should appear somewhere on this consent form.
In this study you will be asked to complete a survey asking for your self-perceptions about creativity and couple relationships and to do a couple of writing activities. The online survey should take 40 to 45 minutes to complete. All of your responses will be anonymous. At no time will your name be requested or recorded during your participation. If you are a CSUSB student, you will be asked to provide your name and SONA ID for extra credit points. This information will be stored separately from your survey responses so to protect the anonymity of your responses. Presentation of the results will be reported in a group format only. Upon completion of this study, you may receive a report of the group results. Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary. You are free to withdrawal your participation at any time during the study without penalty. You are also free to remove any data at any time. This study entails no risks beyond those routinely encountered in daily life, nor does it provide any direct benefits to individual participants. However, you may learn more about creativity and/or your couple relationship from participating in this study. If you experience discomfort or stress while completing this survey and would like to speak to a counselor, please contact the Psychological Counseling Center at California State University: (909) 537-5040 or the researchers for this study (contact information posted below). When you complete the survey, if you are a CSUSB student, at your instructor's discretion, you may receive 3 units of extra credit. If you have any questions concerning this survey, the results, or your participation in this research please feel free to contact Dr. James C. Kaufman at (909) 537-3841 or jkaufman@csusb.edu, or Dr. Kelly Campbell at (909) 537-7687 or Kelly@csusb.edu.
You may also contact the Human Subjects office at California State University, San Bernardino (909) 537-7588 if you have any questions or concerns about this study.
I acknowledge that I have been informed of, and understand the nature and purpose of this study, and I freely consent to participate. I acknowledge that I am at least 18 years of age.