ShawnatNFS
04-24-2006, 01:36 PM
PLEASE EXCUSE THE CROSS POSTING - I ALSO POSTED TO THE GENERAL FORUM:
Dear Parent (and hopefully potential participant),
Are you a gay or lesbian parent, living in the US, with at least one child between the ages of 7 and 17, who became a parent to this child after coming out? If so, please consider helping by participating in a national online study of children's emotional skills and family relationships; this is a study looking at the skills that often lead to healthy and successful outcomes for children and qualities of the family relationship that may influence these skills.
After a brief interview, questionnaires can be completed at any computer with internet access and will require no more than 30 minutes at one sitting. Participant families consist of at least one parent, the eldest child age 7 - 17, and that child's teacher. On completion of the surveys, each family will receive either $15 for their time or be entered into a drawing for one of three prizes, 1) $500 cash, 2) a 3 day/2 night stay in a Carmel, CA beach house or 3) a 7 day/night stay in a Carmel, CA beach house.
For further details or to participate in this study, please visit the National Family Study website: http://www.natfamstudy.com , send an email to shawn@natfamstudy.com or call toll free: (877) FAM-STDY (1-877-326-7839). You can also send me a private message here. To insure confidentiality, there will be no mention of sexual orientation on the website, in the surveys, or in any written correspondence with teachers.
I am a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Francisco. I have been trying to reach families across the nation over the last year with very little success and desperately need your help to complete this graduate research study. I would greatly appreciate any help in getting the word out about this study, either through friends, in a newsletter or on a listserve/email group. I hope this study will help us understand more about gay and lesbian parents and their children.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Shawn V. Giammattei, M.A.
Doctoral Student
California School of Professional Psychology
Alliant International University, SF Bay Campus
shawn@natfamstudy.com
(877) 326-7839
www.natfamstudy.com
Dear Parent (and hopefully potential participant),
Are you a gay or lesbian parent, living in the US, with at least one child between the ages of 7 and 17, who became a parent to this child after coming out? If so, please consider helping by participating in a national online study of children's emotional skills and family relationships; this is a study looking at the skills that often lead to healthy and successful outcomes for children and qualities of the family relationship that may influence these skills.
After a brief interview, questionnaires can be completed at any computer with internet access and will require no more than 30 minutes at one sitting. Participant families consist of at least one parent, the eldest child age 7 - 17, and that child's teacher. On completion of the surveys, each family will receive either $15 for their time or be entered into a drawing for one of three prizes, 1) $500 cash, 2) a 3 day/2 night stay in a Carmel, CA beach house or 3) a 7 day/night stay in a Carmel, CA beach house.
For further details or to participate in this study, please visit the National Family Study website: http://www.natfamstudy.com , send an email to shawn@natfamstudy.com or call toll free: (877) FAM-STDY (1-877-326-7839). You can also send me a private message here. To insure confidentiality, there will be no mention of sexual orientation on the website, in the surveys, or in any written correspondence with teachers.
I am a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Francisco. I have been trying to reach families across the nation over the last year with very little success and desperately need your help to complete this graduate research study. I would greatly appreciate any help in getting the word out about this study, either through friends, in a newsletter or on a listserve/email group. I hope this study will help us understand more about gay and lesbian parents and their children.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Shawn V. Giammattei, M.A.
Doctoral Student
California School of Professional Psychology
Alliant International University, SF Bay Campus
shawn@natfamstudy.com
(877) 326-7839
www.natfamstudy.com