Dear Colleagues,

I am a doctoral student in clinical child psychology at Bowling Green State University.  As part of my thesis, I am interested in understanding how child mental health professionals view a range of parent behaviors.  Ultimately, your expert ratings will be used to examine how these parent behaviors are associated with children’s development and well-being.  I know your time is valuable and I would greatly appreciate your help with this important project. 

As a participant, you will complete two forms that will take

approximately 10-15 minutes: a questionnaire asking you to rate the severity of a number of parental behaviors and a demographic form.  To make your participation as easy as possible, you may fill out the forms online by going to a secure web address and following the directions that are provided.

     If your last name begins with a letter in the first half of the alphabet (letters A thru L) please go to this website to complete the questionnaire:  http://psych.bgsu.edu/first_set_profs.htm  

     If your last name begins with a letter in the second half of the alphabet (letters M thru Z) please go to this website to complete the questionnaire:  http://psych.bgsu.edu/second_set_profs.htm  

All information you share during your participation in this project will be kept strictly confidential and only my supervisor (Dr. Valerie Simon, an Assistant Professor at Bowling Green State University), and I will have access to the website to which your responses will be sent. 

You will be assigned a unique identification number, which will be used to identify all information you give as a part of this project. All records of your participation will be stored in locked filing cabinets, available only to the principal investigator and her research supervisor.  Also, only group results will be reported.  We are not interested in individual results.  Additionally, in order to further protect your confidentiality, we will not be asking for any information

regarding personal identification, (i.e. we will not be asking for your name, birth date, place of residence, etc.).

Your participation in this project is completely voluntary and you are free to discontinue your participation at any time.  Furthermore, no one will be advised or your decision to participate (i.e. the director of your clinic or program, colleagues, person soliciting your participation).  If you choose to participate, completion and return of the questionnaires will indicate your consent to participate.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me by email at sarahjk@bgnet.bgsu.edu or by phone at 419-353-3890, or contact Dr. Simon by email at vsimon@bgnet.bgsu.edu or by phone at 419-372-8256.

Additionally, if you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research participant, please contact the Chair of the Human Subjects Review Board at Bowling Green State University at 419-373-7716 or at hsrb@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Sincerely,

Sarah Kobielski

Sarah Kobielski, M.A.

Clinical Child Psychology

Bowling Green State University

sarahjk@bgnet.bgsu.edu