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Dear

Researcher: Maree Henderson: School of Psychology, Massey University

I am a Masters student in Psychology at Massey University. I am inviting you to take part in some research that I am doing which is looking at how adults make sense of their experience of growing up with domestic violence, their relationship with their mother and any personal strengths that may have arisen from this experience.

The University requires that ethics approval be obtained for research involving human participants. This research is being partially funded by the New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse and is being supervised by Dr Leigh Coombes from the School of Psychology at Massey University.

I am inviting women and men aged over 18 years of age, who have grown up with domestic violence to participate in this study. You will not be expected to travel and interviews will be conducted within a private location that you have nominated.

What would you have to do?

You are invited to complete an interview with myself, which involves discussing your development as a child and teenager and talking about your experiences with domestic violence, your relationship with your mother and personal strengths you have found to have arisen from your experiences with domestic violence. I will ask some open ended questions but I am mainly concerned about your experiences and feelings towards your personal exposure to domestic violence. The interview should last between 1 and 2 hours. Interviews will be voice recorded so that they can be transcribed after the interview. You have the right as the participant to request that the voice recorder be turned off at any point throughout the interview. All written records of the interview will be brought back to you as the participant to ensure that what has been transcribed is correct; you will have the opportunity to make any suitable changes to your statements if you feel necessary.

If, at any point throughout the interview you begin to feel discomfort and wish to be referred on to an agency for further assistance, as the researcher I am connected to a national network and can work quickly to put you in touch with the appropriate

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agency. As the researcher I have a moral obligation to report any ongoing domestic violence which may be affecting you or a family member. Should this situation arise, reports will be referred to the national network who works closely with police who can provide you with the best possible levels of support.

Extracts of the conversation from the interview will form the basis of the research and will be put into written report. It will not be possible for you to be identified personally, no names or family names will be used throughout the written documents. Audio recordings will be destroyed once they have been transcribed. All material collected will be kept confidential and separate from any identifying data in a secure location. Only myself and my supervisor Dr Leigh Coombes shall have access to the data collected. After 5 years, all data collected for this research will be safely destroyed.

Should you choose to take part in the research, we welcome any questions you may have, and it is important for you to understand that you are welcome to withdraw from the study at any point prior to or during the interview. At the completion of this research, everyone who has taken part will be sent a summary of the research findings.

Your Rights:

You are under no obligation to accept this invitation.

If you decide to participate, you have the right to:

- decline to answer any particular question,

- withdraw from the study at any given point prior to the analysis of the data, - ask any questions about the study at any time during participation,

- provide information on the understanding that your name will not be used and be given access to a summary of the research findings when it is complete.

It is important to contact myself as the researcher if you choose to withdraw or if you have any questions regarding the research.

The thesis will be submitted for marking to the School of Psychology and deposited within the University Library. It is intended that the research may be submitted for publication in scholarly journals.

Please consider this information carefully before deciding whether or not you would like to participate, and ensure that you fully understand your rights as the

151 participant. If you have any questions or would like to receive further information regarding this research, please feel free to contact us.

Maree Henderson (researcher) School of Psychology

MasseyUniversity Palmerston North Phone: 0210530590

Email: [email protected]

Dr Leigh Coombes (supervisor) School of Psychology

MasseyUniversity Palmerston North

Phone: 06 350-5799, ext 2058 Email: [email protected] Thank you for your time Regards

MareeHenderson Signed:

This project has been reviewed and approved by the Massey University Human Ethics Committee: Southern B, Application 12/10. If you have any concerns about the conduct of this research, please contact Dr Nathan Matthews, Acting Chair, Massey University Human Ethics Committee: Southern B, telephone 06 350 5799 x 8729, email [email protected].

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