Investigator(s): Christiane Arevalo
Study Title: Effects of Parenting Styles on Emerging Adults
I am a student at The Chicago School. This study is being conducted as a part of my dissertation requirement for Marriage and Family Therapy Department.
I am asking you to participate in a research study about the effects of parenting style on entering emerging adulthood. You will be asked to complete an online survey. The study in will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. This may cause loss of confidentiality, invasion of privacy, emotional distress or upset, and materials or questions that may be regarded as sensitive or invasive. Although you may not benefit, it will help to understand how parenting style relates to identity formation and cultural differences of emerging adults.
Please take your time to read the entire document and feel free to ask any questions before agreeing to participate.
Purpose: The purpose of the proposed study is to investigate parenting style, differentiation of self, and cultural orientation prior to emerging adulthood and the effects of these factors on emerging adulthood
Procedures: During this study, you will be asked to complete an online survey that will total 123 questions. The study will take place online via SurveyMonkey. The demographics questionnaire will collect information about your age, gender, ethnicity, relationship status, and income level. Perceived parenting style questionnaire will ask questions regarding your perception of your parents based on four parenting styles. The differentiation of self, revised inventory will ask questions to assess your emotional responses to the environment. The cultural orientation scale will ask you questions to discern whether you view yourself more collectivist or individualistic. The revised inventory of dimensions of emerging adulthood will assess how you view yourself, your beliefs, and your values.
Risks to Participants: The risks to this study are loss of confidentiality, invasion of privacy, emotional distress or upset, and materials or questions. These risks will be minimized by allowing you to skip any item or withdraw from the study at any point in time without negative implications. Additionally, you will be able to ask questions through email. The risk to loss of confidentiality will be minimized by implementing security measures such as password protection. The risk to emotional distress or upset will be minimized by allowing you to withdraw from the study at any point. The risk of questions being regarded as sensitive or invasive will be minimized by informing you about the types of question asked. The risk of systematic selection or exclusion of a specific group will be minimized by informing you about the age scope of the study. The risk to invasion of privacy will be minimized by allowing not obligating you to answer every question asked.
Benefits to Participants: You will not benefit from this study. However, we hope the information learned from this study may benefit society in our understanding of the effect of parenting style on emerging adults.
Alternatives to Participation: Participation in this study is voluntary. You may withdraw from study participation at any time without any penalty.
Confidentiality: During this study, information will be collected about you for the purpose of this research. This includes your email address and demographic information (age, gender, ethnicity, marital status, income level, education level, and living situation.) All responses will be collected online. All data will be kept in a password-protected computer only accessible to the researcher. Research materials will be kept for a minimum of five years after publication per American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines. SurveyMonkey will not retain individual IP addresses. Data will be del