Your Views on Parenting

Information Sheet

Participants: Parents of children aged between 2 to 12 years

Investigators: Prof Nina Heinrichs (University of Bielefeld), Dr Alina Morawska (Parenting and Family Support Centre, UQ) & Professor Matthew Sanders (Parenting and Family Support Centre, UQ)

What is this research about?

Researchers from the University of Queensland and the University of Bielefeld are conducting research investigating the needs of parents and the types of parenting support that would be helpful to them. We are interested in the kinds of difficulties parents experiences in their role of parenting their child, the parenting strategies they use at the moment, and also what preferences they have for accessing parenting support. Information about the project is available on the Parenting and Family Support Centre website and outcomes of the project will be available at www.pfsc.uq.edu.au/research.

What does participation involve?

Parents of children aged between 2 to 12 years old will be asked to complete a set of questionnaires about their child, the way they parent, their family and their preferences for parenting support. These questionnaires will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.

Participation in this study should involve no physical or mental discomfort, and 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 omit answering or participating in that aspect of the study. Participation in this study is completely voluntary and participants are able to withdraw at any time. Your completion of the survey indicates your consent to participate in this study. You do not need to provide your name or any other personal details. All information provided will be held in strict confidence, and will be used for statistical purposes only. Any publications emerging from this study will be devoid of any identifying information. Participants will not incur any costs as a result of participation in the study.

Ethics

This study has been cleared in accordance with the ethical review processes of the University of Queensland and is within the guidelines of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research. You are, of course, free to discuss your participation with project staff (contactable on: 07 3365 7304). If you would like to speak to an officer of the University not involved in the study, you may contact Ethics Officer on 3365 3924, e-mail: humanethics@research.uq.edu.au.

Who should I contact?

If you would like more information please contact us:

Phone: (07) 3365 7304 or Email: alina@psy.uq.edu.au