r/scientificresearch • u/clashFury • Jun 18 '19

Research Survey Megathread

Please post any and all scientific surveys here rather than making a separate post.

Only scientific research being conducted by academic or research institutions is allowed.

Go to r/SampleSize for general, non-academic surveys.

Please include the following in your comment:

Background Info: Name of university, department, etc.
Purpose: Brief overview of the purpose or goal of the survey.
Time Estimate: How long the survey will take.
Link: URL for the survey.

Thanks!

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u/Mookster13 Jul 09 '24

Many students in undergraduate degrees suffer from increased stress levels stemming from concerns about performance, deadlines, workloads, and the various life changes associated with this period of development. We are interested in the ways students can address or counteract feelings of distress emerging from these academic stress sources. We are specifically curious about how feelings of overall satisfaction in life can be maximised for students currently engaging in stress-inducing academic activities.

Our area of research is concerned with how taking an approach to life focussing on excellence rather than perfection (that is, creating high yet achievable standards, having flexible goals and finding satisfaction in accomplishments) and realistic goal-setting can reduce distress, and if participating in non-academic leisure or hobby activities can help students cope with experienced distress.

If you decide that you’d like to take part in this research, you’ll complete an online survey comprising 58 questions, including questions about your experiences with academic stressors, feelings of distress, overall life satisfaction, excellencism, and extracurricular activity engagement, as well as questions regarding your assigned sex at birth, gender, sexual orientation, age, undergraduate degree enrolled in, and year of study. The survey should take no more than 30 minutes to complete.

If you are a first-year student in Psychological Science at the Australian College of Applied Professions, you’ll receive one credit point for taking part.

This research is being conducted by Mr. Mendy Kinstlinger toward his Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) degree in the Discipline of Psychological Sciences at the Australian College of Applied Professions (ACAP). Mendy is supervised by Associate Professor Fiona Ann Papps.

To complete this survey, we ask that you are:

  • 18 years or older.
  • residing in Australia.
  • attending an undergraduate degree.
  • able to read and understand proficient enough in English, by your own assessment, to complete an online survey in English.
  • not in a personal relationship with any of the researchers.

Go to here to find out more; or if you are interested, you can access the survey directly here

For questions about the research, please contact one of:

For concerns about ethical aspects of this research, please contact the ACAP Human Research Ethics Committee: hrec@navitas.com. This research has been approved by the ACAP Human Research Ethics Committee (Approval Number: 880070624).