Survelum Title: Children of God
Title of Research: Reconstructing a Life: A Life Course Analysis of Women who Lived in a Controversial New Religious Movement.
Researcher: Miriam W. Boeri
Department Sociology, Geography, Anthropology and Criminal Justice
Telephone Extension (678) 797-2069
mboeri@kennesaw.edu
In this exploratory study, the researcher named above is collecting personal accounts from women who lived in a new religious movement called The Children of God, and later known as The Family of Love or The Family. Included in the research are only women who engaged in a practice known in the group as "Flirty Fishing" and who subsequently left the group. The women from this group were part of a natural social experiment, which has not yet been fully explored. The findings here will add to our understanding of how women re-construct their lives after living in closed communities with stigmatized practices.
Your participation is voluntary. If you wish to participate please go to: http://www.survelum.com/COG_Survey/.
This online service ensures anonymity. Survey questions do not reveal your identity. Your answers will be compiled with other responses to look for patterns, similarities and differences. All data will be kept in a locked file cabinet and destroyed when the study is completed.
The findings from this study will be disseminated at academic conferences or in academic journals in an aggregated format that does not reveal any individual identities. Since your participation is anonymous, I am not able to contact you to inform you of any future presentations or publications. You may email me privately at the email address supplied in this cover letter if you wish to be informed of any presentations or publications regarding this study. I will not be able to connect your answers on the anonymous survey with your email.
The purpose of this research has been explained and my participation is entirely voluntary. I understand that the research entails no risks and that my responses are not being recorded in any individually identifiable form. By anonymously completing this survey, I am agreeing to participate in this research project.
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Research at Kennesaw State University that involves human participants is carried out under the oversight of an Institutional Review Board. Questions or problems regarding these activities should be addressed to Dr. Martha E. Myers, Chairperson of the Institutional Review Board, Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, #1101, Kennesaw, GA 30144, (770) 423-6378.
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