Dear college student,

My name is Richard Nobles, a clinical psychology graduate student at the University of Washington in Seattle, and I am searching for participants for my dissertation project. The UW Institutional Review Board has approved my project.

The purpose of my research project is to learn more about the mental health and life experiences of sexual minority (e.g., gay, lesbian, bisexual, non-heterosexual, and people who have sex with others of the same sex) undergraduate college and university students in the United States who are aged 18 to 25. You must be 18 years of age and under 25 years of age in order to participate. Your participation will help researchers like me to understand how particular stress factors affect the mental health of sexual minority undergraduate students. We estimate that the survey will take between 20 and 30 minutes to complete.

By clicking on the link below, you will be directed to an electronic consent agreement followed by the survey.

Participation in this study is anonymous (i.e., you will not be asked to disclose any identifying information, nor will your responses be connected to any identifying information) and the survey service will not track your Internet Protocol (IP) address. Further, you may discontinue participation at any time without penalty. If you have any questions about this research project, or would like to be informed of this study’s findings, please contact me, Richard Nobles, at smstudy@u.washington.edu. If you would like to speak with my primary advisor about the study, please contact Ana Mari Cauce at cauce@u.washington.edu.

To participate in this study please click on the following link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=NkuuHJLlCyCBPpOj82LWpA_3d_3d

If for some reason you are unable to connect by simply clicking on this link, please copy the entire line of text and paste it into the address block of your Web browser.

We greatly appreciate your time and consideration!

Sincerely,

Richard H. Nobles, M.S.
Child Clinical Psychology Graduate Student
The Sexual Minority College Student Mental Health (SEM) Project
Department of Psychology
University of Washington
(206) 543-2199
smstudy@u.washington.edu

Ana Mari Cauce, Ph.D.
Earl R. Carlson Professor of Psychology
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
University of Washington
(206) 543-5430
cauce@u.washington.edu

The SEM Project: The Sexual Minority College Student Mental Health Project
Richard H. Nobles, M.S., Principal Investigator
Department of Psychology
University of Washington
Box 351525
Seattle, WA 98195-1525
(206) 543-2199
(206) 685-3157 Fax
smstudy@u.washington.edu