Are you a parent/guardian of a young teenager, ages 14-17 that also uses Facebook? If so, this page is for you! My name is Courtney Bennett and I am a doctoral candidate at Walden University. Presently, in order to complete my dissertation research study, I am in need of teenaged participants to complete a formal research study that will be entirely anonymous. The survey will include ques
tions about Facebook attachment, peer pressure, and romantic relationship involvement or the desire to be involved in a romantic relationship. To read more detailed information about the study, to include details of providing parental consent and review a copy of the official survey, please refer to the “Notes” section of this page. Due to the age of the teenagers needed for the research study to be conducted, it is important that you, the parents/guardians, are aware of the study’s purpose, benefits, risks, anonymity, and contact the researcher to request a link for the survey that you can share with your teen(s). The act of contacting the researcher for a link to the study will act as your permission or consent in permitting your child to participate in the survey. The survey link is a generic website specific to this study and will be sent to each potential participant’s parent/guardian. This is an extra precaution to ensure complete anonymity for the survey respondents, as there will be no way to correlate the responses received to your Facebook account or email address, thus protecting the privacy of both you and your teen. There will be no information obtained from your personal background information at anytime through Facebook, nor will your page be reviewed for any reason whatsoever. This study is entirely based on research that is obtained through the survey responses and no other information is necessary or desired for project completion. Again, all information is entirely anonymous, there will be no personalized information obtained during the survey about you or your child and no way to identify who completed what survey, as there will be no direct contact between your child and the researcher. Additionally, none of the messages/requests for the survey link will be saved (to include your email address, name, Facebook identity, etc.). Your email address or Facebook message will be permanently deleted following my response to your requests. You will never receive any unwanted emails or other exchanges within Facebook initiated by the researcher or this study’s page after your request for the survey link or a response to your questions are answered. To provide you with as much information as possible about this study and to ensure you of not only the legitimacy of the research project, but also the anonymity, risks, benefits, and purpose, please take a moment to review the various tabs on this page to find answers to any questions you may have. Again, should you have further questions that are not found within this website, feel free to contact me via Facebook or email with a complete list of all contact information found under the “Contact” tab. Thank you for your time in reviewing this project and your consideration in permitting your teen to participate in this study! I hope to hear from you requesting survey links for your 14-17 year old children soon! Sincerely,
Courtney Bennett, MS
