Stage 2: Online Diary
You can choose whether or not to take part in a 12-week online diary study.
If you indicate that you are interested in taking part, you will be asked to complete the online diary if/each time you take recreational drugs and/ or have a sexual experience. Each diary entry will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
The types of questions that you will be asked about these events include how the sexual experience started, what happened during the experience, how it ended, how much you wanted the sexual experience, what alcohol you drunk / which drugs you took, and your thoughts on what you were hoping to get out of the drug experience.
We’re not expecting you to change your sexual behaviour, drug-taking behaviour or alcohol consumption just because you’re taking part in the study; we are interested in gathering a ‘snapshot’ of your experiences just as they would happen anyway. At no point will you be asked to provide any identifying information about yourself, the other person(s) (e.g. names) or the specific location (e.g. an address) in which the sexual experience took place – we’re interested in looking at the overall trends across people, not specific individuals.
In order to prevent any missed accounts of your sexual or drug experiences, an email reminder will be sent to you via your anonymous email address every week (7 days) to remind you to complete the diary. This email will contain a link to the online diary and when you click through to the link, you will be asked to confirm whether or not one or more of the above events has taken place in the last seven days, and if so, whether or not you have already logged the experience.
If you indicate that you are interested in taking part, you will be asked to complete the online diary if/each time you take recreational drugs and/ or have a sexual experience. Each diary entry will take approximately 15 minutes to complete.
The types of questions that you will be asked about these events include how the sexual experience started, what happened during the experience, how it ended, how much you wanted the sexual experience, what alcohol you drunk / which drugs you took, and your thoughts on what you were hoping to get out of the drug experience.
We’re not expecting you to change your sexual behaviour, drug-taking behaviour or alcohol consumption just because you’re taking part in the study; we are interested in gathering a ‘snapshot’ of your experiences just as they would happen anyway. At no point will you be asked to provide any identifying information about yourself, the other person(s) (e.g. names) or the specific location (e.g. an address) in which the sexual experience took place – we’re interested in looking at the overall trends across people, not specific individuals.
In order to prevent any missed accounts of your sexual or drug experiences, an email reminder will be sent to you via your anonymous email address every week (7 days) to remind you to complete the diary. This email will contain a link to the online diary and when you click through to the link, you will be asked to confirm whether or not one or more of the above events has taken place in the last seven days, and if so, whether or not you have already logged the experience.
As you can see from the description of what’s involved in the initial questionnaire, and Stage 1 and Stage 2, the questions are of a sensitive nature, covering topics such as your sexual and drug-taking experiences and attitudes towards sex. This is why we have ensured that anyone who takes part in the study can be completely anonymous.
It is important for you to know that you do not have to answer a question if you don’t want to (i.e. you can leave a question blank). Also, if you wish to take a break at any time, you can save your data on the web browser and return to it when you’re ready by logging in using your participant ID number.
It is important for you to know that you do not have to answer a question if you don’t want to (i.e. you can leave a question blank). Also, if you wish to take a break at any time, you can save your data on the web browser and return to it when you’re ready by logging in using your participant ID number.