Our names are Samantha, Sarah, and Sabrina, and we are senior research students at the University of Mary Washington. We are inviting you to participate in our research study which is being sponsored by Dr. Erchull and Dr. Liss of the psychology department. Participation in this study is completely voluntary.

The purpose of the study is to learn about college students’ expectations regarding work, marriage, children, and division of household labor. We are interested in the expectations of individuals who do not have children. We are specifically interested in looking at the expectations of ethnic minorities; these groups have been traditionally under-represented in the research.

If you choose to participate, you will complete an online questionnaire. This will take approximately 20-30 minutes. Although you will need to provide us with a valid email address, all of your responses will remain anonymous. Please do not add any extra personal information that is not asked for as this could hinder the anonymity of your responses. You do not have to answer any question that makes you feel uncomfortable, and you may end the survey at anytime.

The benefits of this study include an increased knowledge of the future plans of individuals without children in under-represented groups. We do not anticipate that you will encounter any negative consequences as a result of your participation in this study.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Samantha Staebell at sstae5cq@umw.edu.

This study has been approved by the institutional review board of the University of Mary Washington. Questions or concerns can also be addressed to my faculty advisors (Dr. Mindy Erchull: merchull@umw.edu or Dr. Miriam Liss: mliss@umw.edu) as well as the chair of the institutional review board (Dr. Christine McBride: cmcbride@umw.edu).

If you wish to continue with the study, you will be sent to a screen where you will be asked to provide your name as well as a valid email address. Neither your name nor your email address will be linked to your data in any way. However, if you feel more comfortable doing so, you may leave the name fields blank. You must, however, provide a valid email address that you can access immediately to receive your unique link to the survey. You can only use your email address once.

By clicking the link to continue, you are stating that you are at least 18 years old (or have a parental consent form on file in the UMW psychology office) and agree to participate in the study.

Click here if you wish to continue.

Click here if you do not wish to continue.