An Opportunity to take part in a PhD Research Survey

Seeking participants for a scientific survey of memory beliefs held by UK mental health and therapeutic professionals

An Opportunity to take part in a PhD Research Survey

Seeking participants for a scientific survey of memory beliefs held by UK mental health and therapeutic professionals – Open to UK citizens who practise in the United Kingdom.

About this study

Clinicians and therapeutic mental health professionals often require patients to relate personal experiences that occurred a long time ago. A professional's views about memory function and reliability play a pivotal role in determining what questions are asked and how answers are evaluated. A scientifically informed understanding of memory function is important to optimise best practice and health outcomes. This voluntary study aims to capture new information on UK mental health professionals’ memory beliefs. Collected data will assist future professional education. This is a quantitative study. Participants’ responses are measured by the extent to which they agree or disagree with nine statements about memory function. Standard Likert-scales are used and answers coded in the usual way. Primary data analysis will consist of reporting percentages, means and standard deviations for the memory statements.

About the survey

Any recognised mental health professional is eligible to take part (e.g. qualified counsellor, psychologist, hypnotherapist, psychiatrist etc). The survey is anonymous, confidential and quick (about 10 mins). It is completed at the participant’s private location on any e-device. It is accessed via an e-link to a secure password-protected online survey-platform Qualtrics https://www.qualtrics.com/uk/.

A Participant Information Sheet (PIS) outlines the study and explains how study data will be utilised and stored.

  • Express consent is required.
  • Initial demographic questions on age, sex, ethnicity and country location are followed by the memory survey and some questions about dissociative identity disorder.
  • Participants respond by agreeing or disagreeing with a given statement, or giving a number, or one word.
  • No personal data is sought.
  • Participants may skip questions or quit the survey at any time.

This is all explained in the PIS.

This study has been approved by the University of Portsmouth's Science Ethics Committee and is funded by the ESRC and South Coast Doctoral Training Pathway and will form part of the researcher’s PhD dissertation.

Click the live e-link to find out more and to join the survey https://portsmouthpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b2cTqT8OATv5GvA