This research involves completing an online survey 'Young Adults and Climate Change Anxiety', relating to mindfulness and anxiety about climate change. It is expected to take between 10-15 minutes. You will be offered the chance to provide your email address at the end of the survey if you would like to be entered into a prize draw for the chance to win a £50 Amazon voucher.
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About the researchers: We are Naomi Cottam (third year Trainee Clinical Psychologist) and Dr Nicholas Troop (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology), researchers at the School of Psychology at Plymouth University.
How we will gather information: From March 2024, participants age 18-25 are being invited to complete an online survey questionnaire. This will include questions about your beliefs about climate change and topics such as how much you worry about climate change.
Confidentiality and anonymity: You will be asked what your age, gender, ethnicity and what your highest educational attainment is, but won’t be asked any information that will identify you. It will not be possible to know what you said in anything made public. The data will not be required for use in further studies. However, in accordance with the principles of open research, if the results of this study are published, it may be a journal requirement that the data collected are deposited in an open access repository – however, these would be stored in an anonymised and untraceable form and there would be no way to identify participants.
Data Protection and Information Governance: The sponsor for this study is the University of Plymouth based in the UK. We are responsible for looking after your data and the University of Plymouth will keep data for 10 years after the study has finished. Data from the questionnaires you complete will be stored securely via a password protected system held within the University of Plymouth. The only holders of the data will be the researcher, Naomi Cottam.
You can read more about how we will use the information you give us at: www.plymouth.ac.uk/students-and-family/governance/information-governance, or by contacting the University Data Protection Officer at dpo@plymouth.ac.uk.
You can find out more about the University of Plymouth’s research participation privacy notice here: www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/governance/research-participant-privacy-notice
Right to withdraw: At any time during the research, you have the right to stop taking part. You also have the right not to answer certain questions. Once you have submitted your responses to the questionnaire, you will not be able to withdraw your results, but no personal information will be collected so therefore we won’t be able to identify you by your responses. If you have any queries, concerns or complaints, please contact Naomi Cottam on naomi.cottam@plymouth.ac.uk. Alternatively, you can contact the University of Plymouth ethics committee by emailing Email: FOHEthics@plymouth.ac.uk?.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this information. We very much hope you will take part!
Naomi Cottam, Trainee Clinical Psychologist at Plymouth University, supervised by Dr Nicholas Troop, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth.
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