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IRAS ID: 195655
Information Sheet for Participants
REC Reference Number: 16/ee/0226
COME on! – what does a wandering mind lead to?
Complete our online survey to help us understand the relationship between Creativity, Occupation, Mind
wandering, and Education (COME-on!!)
We would like to invite you to complete an online survey investigating if mind wandering can lead to
differences in our education, occupation, and creativity. Everyone’s mind wanders, but we all do it to a
different degree, so what is its impact? For some it may be useful and lead to creativity or working in a
certain profession. For others it may have a negative effect, perhaps by making it difficult to learn at
school. Severe mind wandering that just won’t seem to stop could also be associated with attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). By exploring the relationship between these things we can better
understand the impact of mind wandering and the extent to which it affects peoples’ lives.
This project is being organised by researchers at the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry
Centre at King’s College London - http://www.kcl.ac.uk/iop/depts/mrc/index.aspx. Before you decide if
you would like to take part, it is important that you understand why we are conducting this research and
what your participation will involve. Please read this information sheet carefully and discuss it with
others if you wish. Also, please ask us if anything is unclear or you would like further information.
Contact details can be found at the end of this Information Sheet.
What participating involves
You must be aged 16 or over to participate. You will be asked to complete the online survey, which takes
around 10 - 15 minutes. You do not have to complete it in one session; you can save your responses and
return to it at a later time (but it must be within 1 week of starting the survey). You will be asked
questions about your education, occupation, health, behaviour, and personality. By participating you
can contribute to research that can further our understanding of the implications of mind wandering.
Participation is entirely voluntary. You should only participate if you want to; choosing not to will not
disadvantage you in any way. If you decide to take part you can still withdraw from the study at any
point without giving a reason, up until the point of data analyses. Selecting the relevant boxes in the
electronic consent form indicates your consent to participate in this research, and for all submitted data
to be used. This includes submission of partially completed surveys, whereby pressing the ‘next’ or
‘continue’ button indicates your consent for data entered up to that point to be included in the study.
There will also be a chance to be entered into a prize draw to win one of five £50 Amazon vouchers
when you complete the survey.
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Confidentiality
The Survey is hosted by Qualtrics (www.qualtrics.com), a survey platform that treats all data as highly
confidential. The data does not belong to them and they do not know what data is being collected. They
use best industry practices to keep data safe and their servers are protected by high-end firewall
systems. Any information you provide in this study will be kept strictly confidential, and any personal
details you provide will be kept separate from your survey responses ensuring anonymity. You will be
provided with a unique identification number which will be used for all your data stored on our
database. Information will be handled in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act 1998. During
analyses individual data will not be identifiable.
Study findings
Results arising from this study will be included in a PhD thesis and presented at international academic
conferences and published in academic journals. We may also disseminate research findings through
media outlets, including social media sites (e.g. Facebook, Twitter).
Questions and queries
If you have any questions or require more information about this study, please contact the researcher
using the following contact details: Florence Mowlem, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental
Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London,
De Crespigny Park, SE5 8AF. E-mail: [email protected]
Complaints
If you have any concern about any aspect of this study, please contact Florence Mowlem using the
contact details above, who will do their best to answer your questions. If you remain unhappy and wish
to complain formally, you can do this through the NHS Complaints Procedure at SLaM using the
following contact details: Complaints Department, Maudsley Hospital, 111 Denmark Hill, London, SE5
8AZ. Telephone: 0203 228 2444/2499. Email: [email protected]
This study is co-sponsored by King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust who will at all
times maintain adequate insurance in relation to the study.
To complete the survey, please enter the following web address or click the link:
https://kcliop.eu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bl4sG8MsbQQt7Mh