Institutional Review Board Information
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Title- A Phenomenological Study of Female Service Members Adjustment to Traumatic Amputation
Researchers/ Investigators
Janet Cater Graduate Student College of Education and Health Professions Graduate Education Building University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 479- 575-5326
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Faculty Advisor: Richard Roessler, Ph.D. Rehabilitation Education 153 Graduate Education Building University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Phone: (479) 575-6414 Administrator: Iroshi Windwalker Office of Research Support and Sponsored Programs Phone: (479)575-3845 |
I am seeking to understand the psychosocial adjustment issues experienced by women veterans who have had a traumatic amputation. I am interested in your life experience.
The information you share with me will expand our knowledge of the life adjustment issues women experience after a traumatic amputation. The results could significantly enhance our understanding of this process. Quotations from you may be used in the reporting of my research, but they will be stripped of identifying information to protect your confidentiality. I will not link your name to anything you say in the text of my dissertation or any other publications or presentations.
The interviews will take about 90 minutes of your time which can be completed in 30 minute intervals. In addition, as a co-researcher you will be asked to review my summary of your story and will have the opportunity to participate in a focus group with other women veterans at a later time. You will also have the opportunity to review my transcript of your narratives and to comment on the finished study.
Participation is voluntary. You can, of course, decline to discuss any issue, answer any question, etc. as well as to stop participating at any time. If responding to the interview questions results in any emotional distress, you may contact your local Vet Center or contact me and I will find the closest Vet Center to you.
If you have any additional questions concerning this research or your participation in it, please feel free to contact me, my dissertation supervisor or our university research office.
I would like to make a tape recording of our conversation, so that I can have an accurate record of the information that you provide to me. I will transcribe that recording, but your name will not be attached to the transcripts. I will only attach a code number to the transcript, and names of participants and corresponding identification numbers will be kept in a locked safe. Transcripts will be kept confidential and securely in my possession. The tapes will be erased after this research project is complete."
