Investigating the link between sleep quality and aggression.
The following research is investigating the relationship between sleep quality and aggression. We are interested in your reaction or thoughts to certain situations and how you rate your own sleep. The research is anonymous so please don’t state your name anywhere, you are only being asked general questions.
To complete this research you need to be over the age of 18. You will be asked to complete several short questionnaires. They include topics on:
- Sleep quality
- Hostility
- Aggression
This study is for an MSc in Forensic Psychology. It has ethical approval from the University of Central Lancashire where I am based Alice Degville (
ADegville@uclan.ac.uk), along with my supervisor, Professor Jane L. Ireland (JLIreland1@uclan.ac.uk). You are free to contact either myself or my supervisor to assist with questions over this research.
You do not have to participate in this research. You can withdraw at any time until you submit at the end by simply closing the webpage and not continuing.
The questionnaires will take roughly 20 minutes to complete. By completing and submitting the questionnaires the researchers will assume you consent to the research. Please allow sufficient time to complete the questionnaire in one sitting as if you close the browser there is no guarantee of an option to resume later and you may lose your previous answers.
Following the completion of the study we will keep your anonymous answers to use for future research, including presentations and publications. This may include sharing these answers with others doing similar research but only if we approve their request to access it; it will not be given out without this approval. You will not be identified from this; your answers will remain anonymous.
Please note that you do not have to take part in this research. You also have the right to withdraw from the research at any point up to the completion of the questionnaire. As the questionnaire is anonymous it will be impossible to identify your data. Your data cannot therefore be removed after submission. Please note that the data is saved as you progress through the sections and so it will not be possible to discard questions answered up to the point of exiting as your data will not be identifiable. However, the research team will not be considering any surveys that are not at least 50% completed. These will be discarded.
If you have any concerns about the research that you wish to raise with someone independent of the research team, you can with the University Officer for Ethics (
OfficerForEthics@uclan.ac.uk).
What if I need support over the issues raised?
If you have been effected by any of the issues raised and would like some free, confidential advice or somebody to talk to, the following services are available:
https://sleepfoundation.org/
https://sleep.org/
http://www.sleepcouncil.org.uk/
Freephone line: 0800 018 7923
If you feel concerned over your sleep, want to learn more about how sleep can affect you or want to improve your sleep then these organisations will be able to help. Their websites offer free information and each contains a ‘contact us’ page where any specific queries over sleep can also be answered.