Effect of Fandom on Sports Gambling

You are being asked to participate in an online survey for a research project being carried out by Drake Deitch, PsyD doctoral psychology student, at National Louis University. The study is called “The Effect of Fandom on Sports Gambling”, and is occurring from 09-2020 to 11-2020. The purpose of this study is to identify what role fandom plays in a decision regarding who to wager on. The benefits of this research will allow for greater understanding of the way individuals think when they are emotionally attached to something. As a fan, sports allows for a deep emotional connection that can alter the way individuals view a team and the sport at large. This information outlines the purpose of the study and provides a description of your involvement and rights as a participant.

Completion of the following online survey is expected to take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. Your participation is voluntary and can be discontinued at any time without penalty or bias. The results of this study may be published or otherwise reported at conferences. Participants’ identities will in no way be revealed (data will be reported anonymously and bear no identifiers that could connect data to individual participants). To ensure confidentiality the researcher(s) the data file of compiled results will be kept in a password protected folder on an internal university workspace. Only the research team will have access to data.

If you choose to participate, you can be entered into a raffle for one of four $25 Amazon gift cards. Your chance of winning is approximately 1 in 75. For participating in the raffle, you will be asked to click on a separate link and provide your email address there. Your email address and whether you won will be kept confidential by the researcher. This information will not be associated with the study name or the research data you provide as a participant. Once we draw for the raffles, your email address will no longer be retained.

There are no anticipated risks or benefits, no greater than that encountered in daily life. Further, the information gained from this study could be useful to the gambling and psychological communities at large.

The data will be stored for five years after the completion of the study. All data will be stored on an encrypted USB drive that is under lock and key that only the researcher, Drake Deitch and his project chair, Dr. Emese Vitalis will have access to. After the data collection period is completed, the survey and data will be deleted from the online survey system. Collected data will be destroyed after five years.

Upon request you may receive summary results from this study and copies of any publications that may occur. Please email the researcher, Drake Deitch at ddeitch@my.nl.edu to request results from this study.

Please email the researcher, Drake Deitch at ddeitch@my.nl.edu in the event that you have questions or to request results from this study. If you have any concerns or questions before or during participation that has not been addressed by the researcher, you may contact Dr. Emese Vitalis at evitalis@nl.edu, the co-chairs of NLU’s Institutional Research Board: Dr. Shaunti Knauth; email: Shaunti.Knauth@nl.edu; phone: (312) 261-3526; or Dr. Kathleen Cornett; email: kcornett@nl.edu; phone: (844) 380-5001. Co-chairs are located at National Louis University, 122 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL.

Thank you for your consideration.

Consent: I understand that by checking ‘Agree” below, I am consenting to participation in the study (“The Effect of Fandom on Sports Gambling”). My participation will consist of the activities below during 09-2020 to 11-2020: Completion of an online survey taking approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.