Purpose and Design
The purpose of this survey is to gather data on how individuals think about the issues of spirituality and religiousness. As well we are interested in how religiousness and spirituality might be related to the general well-being of individuals.

Study Prodedures
This is a questionnaire study that you can complete in the comfort of your own home on this website. There are 10 inventories which ask about: demographic factors (e.g., your age), your ideas about religiousness and spirituality, your attitudes about life and your current sense of well-being. This questionnaire takes about one hour to complete. The website is designed so that when you finish one inventory and continue to the next, your responses are submitted directly to the database server. Please note that you can skip any questions that you do not feel comfortable answering.

Possible Risks
Since the questionnaire does involve items of a personal nature about your beliefs and general well-being you may experience some minimal discomfort. Remember, you do not have to complete this questionnaire.

Benefits of the Study
Although you may not receive direct benefit from participation in this study, you will be providing information that could help in the future development of research in the area of religion, spirituality, health and well-being.

Confidentiality
To ensure anonymity we will provide you with a unique identifier. This identifier will protect your identity as well as allow you to enter and exit at will to complete the questionnaire at your own pace. This identifier will allow us to match up your inventories as they are submitted. We ask that you do not enter your name on the questionnaire. The data submitted to the database server by you will not include any information that can be used to identify you including the IP (internet protocol) address of your computer. To ensure confidentiality, the data on the server can only be accessed by an encrypted code known by the researchers. All data will eventually be downloaded in files and stored in a locked area at Saint Paul University. To comply with ethics regulations, these data have to be stored for a period of five years after the publication of the study results after which it will be appropriately destroyed.

Voluntary Participation
Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to participate in this study and you can choose not to participate by exiting the website at any time.

Questions about the Study
This research is being conducted by Dr. Terry Lynn Gall, Dr. Manal Guirguis Younger and Dr. Judith Malette, professors in the Faculty of Human Sciences, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The principal investigator, Dr. Gall can be reached at her email address: tgall@ustpaul.ca if you have any questions and/or concerns about this study. If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant, you can contact Ming Zhang, Director of Research Services, Saint Paul University at: mzhang@ustpaul.ca.

Consent
The completion and submission of this web-based questionnaire will indicate your full consent to participate in this study.

Thank You for your participation

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