APPENDIX A

Informed Consent and Rights of Research Participants in the Department of Psychology at Saint Anselm College

  All psychological research at Saint Anselm College is conducted according to strict ethical principals outlined by the American Psychological Association and is in full compliance with Federal law. The Department of Health and Human Services, for example ,, specifies that informed consent must be given prior to research studies, that is, "...the knowing consent of an individual or his legally authorized representative so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice without undue inducement or any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, or other form of constraint or coercion."

Simply put, this means when u participate in any research study, you will be given a clear explanation of the procedures involved. You may ask for clarification either before or during the procedure, and you may terminate the procedures at any time.