Discussion List for campus-based and allied personnel working to end gender-based violence on campus.

["Nancy Hensler-McGinnis" <>]

Juliette--Thanks for your comments about the survey distribution.  I did 
explore this issue before beginning my study--My understanding is that UM's 
IRB  provides the necessary protections because the study is anonymous and 
there is no identifying information that links participants to their schools. 
 Had I asked participants for the names of their universities, then each 
university IRB would have had to approve it.  (In addition, UM's IRB seems 
fairly rigorous from what I know--the informed consent page is much more 
extensive than the APA standards for online surveys, for example.)

If you feel I've addressed your concerns adequately, I hope you will 
reconsider distributing to students who may have been affected by 
cyberstalking--

Thanks again for your comments, particularly since others may have had 
similar concerns!
Nancy

Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:55:26 -0500
From: "Juliette Grimmett" 
<>
Subject: Re: CYBERSTALKING VICTIMIZATION SURVEY: PLEASE SPREAD THE
    WORD!

Thank you for passing this along.  Our University IRB would have to
approve this before I could send it out to our students so I cannot send
it out.

Good luck with your survey and I look forward to seeing the results some
day.




Nancy Hensler-McGinnis, M.A.
Doctoral Candidate, Counseling Psychology
University of Maryland, College Park