SHARING PARENTING EXPERIENCES IN RESEARCH
INFORMATION SHEET
You are invited to participate in an exciting research project which wants to hear your views on the findings from a parenting study – and gives you the opportunity to add your own experiences of fathering teenage children to this project. Before you decide if you want to participate it is important for you to understand why this research project is being undertaken and what it will involve. Please take time to read the following information carefully.
What is the purpose of the project?
This project wants to find out about your experiences of being a father and also to collect your opinions on specific examples of data collected in earlier parenting projects. To find out about these things you will be invited to join an event to be held at Oxford Brookes University (the time and date to be agreed with participants). At this event you will join a small group of fellow fathers and invited to help the researcher (Dr Tina Miller) look at data she has collected about parenting and give your views about this. Following this you will be able to participate in a focus group and have your own experiences of being a father/parent recorded. Although there is a significant amount of research interest in fathering/parenting, it is unusual to involve parents themselves in the interpretation of ‘data’ which has been collected. You would be a pioneer in this type of research.
Do I have to take part?
It is up to you to decide whether or not to take part. If you do decide to take part you will be asked to sign a consent form. You would be free to withdraw at any time and without giving a reason.
What will happen to me if I take part?
I will contact you to check your availability in order to arrange the workshop you will attend (with a maximum of 10 parents per workshop). The project workshop will take place at Oxford Brookes University (or another location if more convenient) and will take up approximately 2 hours (all travel costs will be covered). Refreshments will be served. The project will begin with the project leader (Dr Tina Miller) giving an overview of her parenting research before asking you and the other participants to share your views on data on parenting experiences she has collected. This will be followed by you having the opportunity to add your experiences of being a parent to the data collected by Dr Miller by participating in a focus group.
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What are the possible disadvantages of taking part?
The one possible disadvantage in taking part in the study is the time it will take to participate (approximately two hours).
What are the possible benefits of taking part?
In previous research participants have found the opportunity to talk about their parenting experiences enjoyable. The data collected in the focus group will contribute to future research on individual experiences of parenting. As a result of participating in one of the workshops you will be helping academic researchers think about how they collect and analyse their data. The workshops are a new initiative and your important help with these should inform and improve research practice.
Will what I say in this study be kept confidential?
All information given by the participants in the workshop and focus group will be kept confidential (within the limitations of the law). Your name will be changed so that you are not identifiable once the recorded interviews are typed up (transcribed). This also means you will not be identified in any reports or publications. Papers and tapes will be kept in a locked filing cabinet. Data collected during the study will be kept in accordance with the University’s policy on Academic Integrity. The data will also be kept securely in both paper and electronic form for a period of ten years.
Will any of the data collected be available to other researchers?
Parenting experiences are of current policy and research interest as family lives change. Because of this the anonymised data from this project may be placed in a data repository so that it can be used by future researchers studying the topic. The repository it would be archived in has been developed as part of the ‘Timescapes’ project based at Leeds University (http://www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk). No one would be able to identify you if the data is archived in the repository, but your experiences would help future researchers to understand men’s and women’s everyday experiences of parenting.
What will happen to the results of the project?
The results of this phase of the study will be written up as academic papers and other publications. Presentations of the findings will be made at relevant seminars and conferences. I will also offer to provide workshop participants with a summary of the findings once this phase of the research is complete.
Who is organising and funding the research?
The project is being carried out by me, Dr Tina Miller, and I am a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences in the Faculty of Humanities and
Social Sciences at Oxford Brookes University. The research is funded by The British Academy.
Who has reviewed the project proposal?
The University Research Ethics Committee at Oxford Brookes University has reviewed the study. If at any time you had any concerns about the way in which the research is being conducted, please contact the Chair of the University Research Ethics committee on: ethics@brookes.ac.uk
Contact for Further Information
If you have any queries about the study, please contact me Dr. Tina Miller 01865 483764 or 07706898615 or email: tamiller@brookes.ac.uk or write to me at the above address.
Thank You
Many thanks for taking the time to read this Information sheet.
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