Holistic Desire Survey

Welcome to the Holistic Desire Survey.

The research team for the Holistic Desire Survey invites you to participate in a research study about your relationship to desire, sexual difficulties, and sexual experiences. This consent form asks you to allow the researcher to include your answers to survey questions in future publications without identifying you. The survey is entirely anonymous. You must be 18 years-old to participate. 

Key Information

Your consent is being sought for research on sexual desire and your participation in the study is voluntary. The study consists of an anonymous survey. Because of the nature of the topics the survey covers, it may be upsetting or unsettling to some participants. There are no direct benefits to the research to participants however, the research could help to provide important information on how sexual and relational desire problems can be engaged and prevented. Because the survey is anonymous, respondents will not be sent study results nor can individual results be requested.


What is the Holistic Desire Survey?

The Holistic Desire Survey research study is an entirely anonymous online survey which hopes to understand how to manage and prevent unwanted sexual desires. The research team will collect survey data about participants’ childhood experiences, experiences with desire, sexual experiences, intimate relationships, demographics, and religious identification. Demographic questions regarding your age, marital history, education level, and employment status are also included. The survey will include approximately 6,000 participants in total.

Who is Conducting the Holistic Desire Survey?

This project’s Principal Investigator is Jay Stringer. Funding for the study is being provided via crowd-funded charitable donations as part of Journey Matters, an initiative of Bosko. The aggregate findings will inform Jay Stringer's upcoming book that is tentatively titled "Desire." 

Why is the Holistic Desire Survey Study being conducted?

The Holistic Desire Survey is being conducted to understand the interaction between desire, unwanted sexual thoughts and behaviors, sexual experiences, and relational intimacy. 

Participation in this Survey

Participation in this study is completely voluntary. If you decide not to participate there will not be any negative consequences. Please be aware that if you decide to participate, you may stop participating at any time and you may decide not to answer any specific question. However, because the survey is anonymous, once you submit your answers to the survey, the research team can no longer withdraw your data from the database.

Please allocate approximately 40-45 minutes to completing the survey.

Are there any benefits or risks to participating in the Holistic Desire Survey study?

The results from the Holistic Desire Survey study may help to inform clinicians, individuals, and couples in understanding sexual and relational desire problems.

The questions in this survey regard sexual dysfunction, unwanted sexual desires, history of abuse, and marital issues and, as such, may be difficult and/or triggering to some respondents.

How can I find out about the major findings? 

If you would like a free preview chapter and summary of the major findings, please email jay@jay-stringer.com or there will be a link at the end of this survey where you can add your email address to receive updates about the survey.  

Do you understand the nature and purpose of this survey and voluntarily agree to participate in the Holistic Desire Survey and research project?