Your Views on Parenting



   

Are you a parent of a child aged between 2 and 12?
If so, we want to hear from you!

Introduction

You are being invited to take part in an International online Parenting Survey designed to give parents from the UK a say about being a parent and the support available.

Who can take part in this survey?

Parents of children aged between 2 to 12 years.

Who is conducting the survey?

The survey is being conducted by a team from Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Manchester. Beth Casey and Kerri McPherson are the key contacts for the team at Glasgow Caledonian University and Daniel Weisberg and Anja Wittkowski are the key contacts for the team at the University of Manchester.

International Investigators

The study is the UK arm of an international project. At the University of Manchester, the person responsible for the data will be Anja Wittkowski. The international project lead, Professor Matthew Sanders, is a visiting professor to the University of Manchester. Professor Sanders is the director of Parenting and Family Support Centre and Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Queensland. Other international collaborators are Professor Nina Heinrichs (University of Bielefeld) and Dr. Alina Morawska (Parenting and Family Support Centre, University of Queensland).

What is this research about?

We are carrying out this survey to investigate the needs of parents and the types of parenting support that would be helpful to them. We are interested in the kinds of difficulties that parents experience in their role as a parent, the parenting strategies that they use, and also what preferences they have for accessing parenting support. Information about the project and links to other helpful web-sites and organisation are available at www.gcu.ac.uk/ipsuk and www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/pfrg.

The research has been approved by the Glasgow Caledonian Ethics Committee (PAH13/05 and PA13/11), the Clinical Psychology Programme sub-committee at the University of Manchester and the School of Psychological Sciences Ethics Committee (14064).

What does participation involve?

If you choose to participate you will be asked to complete a set of questions about your child, the way you parent, your family and your preferences for parenting support. It will take you between 20 and 30 minutes to complete all of the questions online.

Your completion of the survey indicates to us that you are giving your consent to participate in this study.

Will participating in the survey cause me any harm?

We do not think that completing the survey will result in any physical or mental discomfort and there are no risks beyond those of everyday living. If, however, you should find any question or procedure to be invasive or offensive, you are free to leave the answer blank with the exception of the first few questions about your circumstances. This is so we can ensure the accuracy of our data analysis. Participation in this study is completely voluntary and you are able to withdraw at any time.

Will participating in the survey be confidential?

When you participate, you do not need to provide your name or any other personal details. All information provided will be held in strict confidence and used for statistical purposes only. You will not be identifiable in any publications that emerge from this study. When you complete the survey, your responses will be stored on servers based in the USA. Only the IPS research teams at the University of Manchester, Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Queensland have access to the data. This is approximately 10 people. The data will be stored for international comparison purposes for later studies completed by the IPS research teams in the UK and Australia.

Who can I contact to ask questions?

If you would like more information please contact us: ipsuk.help@gmail.com.

Thank you for your time.

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