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PARTICIPATE IN OUR NEW STUDY ON EMOTIONS IN RELATIONSHIPS!

Do you want to participate to a new longitudinal study on emotions in relationships together with your partner to help science and earn up to 150 Euro per person? Then read below and contact us at couplestudy2021@vu.nl

THIS IS AN ONLINE STUDY

You can comfortably participate doing all the tasks at home

ELIGIBILITY:

You can participate if:

  • Both you and your partner are willing to be part of the full study

  • You both speak fluent Dutch

  • You live together or see each other almost every day

  • You are in a relationship for longer than 4 months

  • You each have your own laptop (or computer)

  • You have a reliable internet connection at home

DESCRIPTION

This is a longitudinal research project with couples about relationship dynamics and emotions. It will be conducted COMPLETELY ONLINE from the participants’ home. A research assistant will coordinate the study through a Skype call. Both partners need to be able to participate in the study. The study is conducted by the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Principal Investigator is Dr. Francesca Righetti) and it is sponsored by NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research).

The study consists of three different parts and it is important that participants will participate in all the parts:

  • An intake session in which participants will be asked to fill in questionnaires, perform some computerized tasks, and videotape a conversation with their partner (duration about 2 hours)

  • A daily diary in which participants will reply to some questions about their relationship everyday for 12 days (duration about 10 minutes daily, conducted in the evening, separately from their partner)

  • Follow-ups in which participants will reply to some questions about their relationship every 6 months for 3 years (duration about 30 minutes for each follow-up, completed separately from their partner).

Partners should not share each other’s responses and data will be stored according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU law to guarantee the privacy of the data.

PAYMENT

You will be able to earn up to 70 Euro per person after Intake and Diary and then an additional 80 Euro for the Follow-ups (for a total of 150 per person; 300 Euro per couple).

For more information on this study please contact us at: couplestudy2021@vu.nl.