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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear Texas A&M University-Commerce School of Social Work BSW & MSW students<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We are conducting a research study on
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">“</span><span style="color:black">Particular Dimensions of Spirituality as Related to Dimensions of Empathy” and you have been asked to be a part of this important research. All You have to do is follow the link below to the
study and download and print the “Information about Being in the Research Study” sheet for your records and entering you in a drawing for a $20 dollar gift certificate from Wal-Mart (Complete the Study with the link and you will be signed up for the $20 Wal-Mart
gift certificate).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">It should only take about 25 minutes of your time and is very important to social work research. You will be given an ID code once the data is downloaded because your confidentiality is important to us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Here is the link:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#0000CC"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ucf.qualtrics.com_jfe_form_SV-5F9G48DQXxfotttFb&d=DwMFAg&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=8U0toxBb_TTvBYaCIjGSXA&m=JtGoG8FrIANqEvvqP3k3E9ZdzJF1ey7yqb44S0pWNw0&s=18up4erFxIad69L29kbMXt7MrGZTCzqz9ZYxVFYYjDc&e=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CC">http://ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9G48DQXxfotttFb</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thank you for your time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please contact Benjamin May if you have any questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Benjamin May, PhD., Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Benjamin.may@tamuc.edu" target="_blank">Benjamin.may@tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">903-886-5512</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Information about Being in a Research Study</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Particular Dimensions of Spirituality as Related to Dimensions of Empathy: A Study of 2 Separate Schools of Social Work in Florida and Texas
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="color:black">Description of the Study and Your Part in It</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Benjamin May is inviting you to take part in a research study. Benjamin May is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University-Commerce. The purpose of this research is to compare the scored survey of Spiritualism
dimensions when compared to scored survey of Empathy dimensions for BSW and MSW students in the School of Social Work.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Your part in the study will be to follow the link below to a Qualtrics website so you can fill in demographic information and fill out (score) the 3 surveys related to Spiritualism and Empathy. You will be given
a ID number and will not have to use your name to log in to the Qualtrics website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">It will take you about 25 minutes to complete the expected duration of your participation in the study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="color:black">Risks and Discomforts</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">There will be minimal risks, no more than that expected in “daily life.” You will be given an ID number to login to the Qualtrics website and complete the study so your name will not be used for your confidentiality.
You are not expected to complete the study if you do not wish to participate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="color:black">Possible Benefits</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We do not know of any way you would benefit directly from taking part in this study. However, this research may help us to understand how levels of BSW and MSW students scored spiritualism as it relates to scored
levels of empathy. .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="color:black">Incentives</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">By participating in the study your ID number will be entered in a random drawing by all participants to receive one (1) $20 gift certificate to any Wal-Mart store.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="color:black">Protection of Privacy and Confidentiality</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">You will be assigned an ID number to login to the Qualtrics website in order to keep your confidentiality of records and not identifying your participant in the study. We will do everything we can to protect your
privacy and confidentiality. We will not tell anybody outside of the research team that you were in this study or what information we collected about you in particular.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The data will be stored on the Qualtrics website and then when downloaded the information will be stored in Benjamin May’s office in a locked cabinet for the duration of the study and after 3 years the data will
be destroyed by Benjamin May. Only the research team of Benjamin May and Linda Openshaw (Co-Investigator) will have access to all data to ensure confidentiality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="color:black">Choosing to Be in the Study</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">You do not have to be in this study. You may choose not to take part and you may choose to stop taking part at any time. Participation is voluntary. Refusal to participate or withdraw at any time will not involve
any penalty or loss of benefits, to which the subject is otherwise entitled. You will not be punished in any way if you decide not to be in the study or to stop taking part in the study. If you decide not to take part or to stop taking part in this study,
it will not affect your grade in any way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><b><span style="color:black">Contact Information</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-after:avoid"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you have any questions or concerns about this study or if any problems arise, please contact the researcher at:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Dr. Benjamin May<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">School of Social Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Texas A&M University-Commerce
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">803-886-5512<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Benjamin.may@tamuc.edu">Benjamin.may@tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Co-Investigator, MSW Director at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Dr. Linda Openshaw<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">School of Social Work<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">903-468-6095<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:Linda.openshaw@tamuc.edu">Linda.openshaw@tamuc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you have any questions or concerns about your rights in this research study, please contact the IRB Chair at
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Dr. Tara Tietjen-Smith<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Chair, Institutional Review Board (IRB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Department of Health & Human Performance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">Commerce, TX 75429-3011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">(903) - 886 - 5545<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:IRB@tamuc.edu" target="_blank">IRB@tamuc.edu</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">Please print a copy of this form to keep for your records.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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