Research Study Title: Women Sexual Assault Survivors’ Attitudes and Experiences Survey Researcher(s): Charlotte Strauss Swanson, M.S.W., University of Tennessee Knoxville

We are a research team in the Department of Psychology at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. We are conducting a study on women sexual assault survivors’ attitudes and experiences. This online research survey will ask you to answer questions about your feelings, thoughts, and experiences you may have had as a sexual assault survivor, participation in various types of activities, mental health, and demographics. We invite you to participate in this survey to help us better understand the lives of women, including the impact of assault on psychological health.

Department of Psychology, Austin Peay Bldg

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN 37996-0900

To be eligible for this study, you must be a woman who is at least 18 years old, have had at least one experience of non-consensual sexual contact since the age of 14 years, and live in the United States. The survey is deidentified and takes about 45-60 minutes to complete. As an incentive to participate, all participants will be given the chance to enter a raffle awarding a $50 Amazon.com gift card to two randomly selected participants. If you want to be entered into the raffle without participating in the study, send an email to [email protected] requesting to do so. For those interested in participating in this study, click on the following hypertext link (or cut and paste it into your browser): 

https://utk.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4PkLkjwqPSz3g6W

This will take you to the consent form and questionnaire.

Sincerely,

Charlotte and Dawn

Charlotte Strauss Swanson, MSW, University of Tennessee

Dawn M. Szymanski, PhD, University of Tennessee

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Charlotte Strauss Swanson, MSW ([email protected])