I am asking you to participate in a research study about relationships between willingness to engage in consensual non-monogamy (CNM) and relationship satisfaction in both heterosexual and Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual individuals. You will be asked to complete a demographic survey and a survey about willingness to engage in CNM and relationship satisfaction. This will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. This may cause you to reflect upon your past, present, or future relationship satisfaction and your willingness to engage in consensual non-monogamy. Although you do not directly benefit from participating in this study, it will help you to understand your preference on consensual non-monogamy and relationship satisfaction. It is anticipated to help society by decreasing the stigma associated with CNM. As with any research that asks about social and emotional life components, there may be risk of emotional distress in filling out the survey.
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine if willingness to engage in consensual non-monogamy predicts higher relationships satisfaction in heterosexual and Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual populations.
Procedures: During this study, you will be asked to complete a 15-minute survey answering questions regarding your willingness to engage in consensual non-monogamy and your overall relationship satisfaction.
Risks to Participants: As with any research that asks about social and emotional life components, there may be some mild emotional distress in filling out the survey. If such distress is experienced, please text HOME to 741741. A live, trained crisis counselor receives a text and responds from a secure online platform.
Benefits to Participants: You will not directly benefit from this study. However, we hope the information learned from this study may benefit society in understanding the stigma surrounding the population that partakes in consensual non-monogamy.
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 willingness to engage in consensual non-monogamy and relationship satisfaction. You will provide the following information age, gender, ethnicity/race, relationship status, and sexual orientation as part of the demographic questionnaire. You will not be required to share any identifying information to participate in this study (e.g., name, address, email, location). SurveyMonkey ensures that your information remains confidential. Additionally, SurveyMonkey ensures that IP addresses are not tracked. Research materials will be kept for a minimum of five years after completion of the study per American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines.
It is possible that your data may be used for future research or distributed to another researcher without your consent. However, information that could identify you will be removed.
Your research records may be reviewed by federal agencies whose responsibility is to protect human subjects participating in research, including the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) and by representatives from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology Institutional Review Board, a committee that oversees research.