INFORMED CONSENT
Levels of Creativity
You are invited to take part in a research study about people’s creativity. This study is being conducted by Vianka Aguirre, Tatyana Block, Emily Levandowski, Hadir Al-Shekarchy, students at St. Catherine University. The faculty advisor for this study is Professor Art Sesma, associate professor and Chair of the Psychology Department at St. Catherine University. You have been invited to participate in this study because you are a student at St. Kate’s, and/or you are a friend or family whom we specifically reached out to on social media to participate in out study.
Purpose
The purpose of the study is to investigate the varying approaches in which affects people creativity levels.
Procedures
If you agree to be in this study, you will be given a link to follow. Then you will be asked to answer demographic questions and complete a task that will aid us in measuring creativity levels.
Risks and Benefits
This study will not pose any risks to the physical or mental well-being of involved individuals. However, if at any time during the exercise you decide you no longer want to be involve you have every right to change your mind. Additionally, there are no direct benefits to you for participating in the study. Although this study will not directly benefit any of the participants this research will aid us in discovering whether more about how creativity can be influenced.
Confidentiality
All submitted responses will be kept private and only researchers involved in the study will have access to the files. Moreover, when the data are analyzed all personal information will be excluded from the report.
Voluntary Nature of Study
Participation in this study is voluntary. Participants decision to participate or not will not influence your current or future relationships with any staff, faculty, or students at St. Catherine University. Agreement to participate in the study is not binding and participants reserve the right to change their minds at any given time during, before, or after the study.
Contact
You may contact Tatyana tdblock786@stkate.edu, Emily etlevandowski649@stkate.edu, Hadir haalshekarchy@stkate.edu, Vianka vmaguirre@stkate.edu or you may also contact Dr. Sesma at agsesma@stkate.edu. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the treatment of human subjects, you may contact the head of St. Kate’s IRB: John Schmitt, IRB Administrator at SCU:
jsschmitt@stkate.edu.
Statement of Consent
You are making a decision whether or not to participate in the study being conducted. By completing the research exercise, you are giving your consent for these data to be used anonymously for research purposes.