Consent form:
Dear Participant,
We hereby ask you to provide your informed consent to participate in the “stress management
intervention for international students” Research, coordinated by Galine El Khoury under the
supervision of Prof.ssa Sara Scrimin, Associates Professor from the Department of
Developmental and Socialisation Psychology of the University of Padova, Italy.
This research will study your ability to identify, accept and manage your emotions, and provide
strategies to enhance them which will lead to better manage your stress. This project has the
goals of:
- Studying stress management and psychological adjustment in international students.
- Apply an intervention to better manage stress and coping skills in difficult situations
- Achieve an intercultural approach by comparing the effectiveness of the intervention from
different cultures, as a deeper way of understanding how to create an intervention suitable for
everyone.
-Achieve an effective psychological intervention flexible to the individual time and location
The project consists of a 5-week program. Which consists of using the application “Mindlogger”
and receiving email notification. All aspects will take place online and will take around 10-15
minutes to apply 5 days a week, this will allow the freedom of applying when the participant will
find convenient for him. When the research is complete you will be provided with the results of
the analysis if you request them, and you will be free to ask any questions.
If you have any further questions concerning this study please feel free to contact us through
email: unipdemotionalbeing@gmail.com
If you agree to participate, please be aware that:
1) The study is in line with current laws D. Lgs 196/2003 and EU GDPR 679/2016 on data
protection and consent to the processing and communication of personal data, within the limits,
for the purposes and for the duration specified by the current laws (D. Lgs. 196/2003 and EU
GDPR 679/2016).
2) You are free to withdraw at any point throughout the duration of the experiment without any
penalty.
3) The data will be collected confidentially and they will be processed anonymously and in
aggregate form, all your answers will be kept private and shared anonymously
4) The data will be used exclusively for scientific and statistical purposes You can obtain the
return of the raw data from the data together with the relevant normative reference data.
5) Since the present study is not for clinical purposes, you know that you will have to consult
with a specialist for possible interpretation of the data, a copy of this form will be given to you
by the researcher.
