About this survey
This study, titled ‘The Differential Impact of State and Trait Anxiety on Inhibitory Control in Adults’ is carried out by Cintia Wollner (cintia.wollner2@mail.dcu.ie) of Dublin City University’s Open Education Unit as a final-year undergraduate research project.
The project’s goal is to test whether our momentary and general anxiety influence our ability to focus our attention, filter out unnecessary information and eventually, reach our goals.
Should you choose to partake in the study, you will be asked a few general questions (such as your age and gender), as well as questions about your anxiety. Then, you will engage in an interactive task to see your current attentional abilities.
On the whole, this will not take you more than 10 minutes, yet your contribution will be of great value to our understanding of this topic, especially, given that so many people worldwide experience and suffer from anxiety.
Please note that taking part requires you be fluent in English. The experiment can only be completed on a personal computer.
Participation in the study is voluntary. You are free to withdraw at any time.
If you feel anxious during or after you participated, please remember that you are free to withdraw any time. Should you be in need of support, please find resources and/or help on the HSE (www2.hse.ie/services/mental-health-supports-and-services-during-coronavirus/) and NHS (www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/) websites, or those equivalent to your country of residence.
Data Protection / Privacy Notice
The study, titled ‘The Differential Impact of State and Trait Anxiety on Inhibitory Control in Adults’ is conducted by Cintia Wollner (cintia.wollner2@mail.dcu.ie) of the Open Education Unit of Dublin City University (Data Controller), utilising PsyToolkit, a psychological experiment-hosting non-commercial website (Data Processor).
The data collected is stored on the PsyToolkit server located in Strasbourg, France by default. The server is managed by the site’s developer, Prof Gijsbert Stoet, PhD. Once collected, all data will be downloaded to and stored on the Primary Investigator’s secure computer, with extra measures taken to ensure that only the researcher is able to access and analyse the data.
The retention period of the data spans from the day of collection commencement until the completion of the project on 12 April 2021.
Participants are free to file a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (www.dataprotection.ie) should they feel the need to do so.
If needed, you, as a participant have the right to access your own personal data by contacting the Data Protection Unit (www.dcu.ie/ocoo/data-protection) of Dublin City University.
Once you have consented and participated in the study, your data will be stored for further analysis. You are also able to withdraw your consent to participate after completing the study by contacting the researcher and thereby remove your data from the research.
You will not be asked questions about your name or email address, and information about your IP address or country of residence will not be stored.
Please note that, confidentiality of information can only be protected within the limitations of the law – i.e., it is possible for data to be subject to subpoena, freedom of information claim or mandated reporting by some professions.
Contact information
Information about this study:If participants have concerns about this study and wish to contact an independent person, please contact:
Dr James Brunton, Chair – Psychology Major Programme, Dublin City University, Dublin 9
james.brunton@dcu.ie
Contact email: cintia.wollner2@mail.dcu.ie