Take Part in Research

This page provides details of opportunities to participate in research. There is an associated e-mail list; please feel free to add your name to the 'participants' list if you would like to be informed about opportunities to participate. Please contact Clare Chatfield, Research Governance and Planning Assistant, if you are not a member of staff or a student at the University of Essex and wish to be added to the e-mail list. Please also contact Clare if you are seeking participants and would like to add your research to this page.

'Emotional Wellbeing in Trainee Therapists'

Principal Investigator: Anabelle Denney
E-mail: ad382@exeter.ac.uk
Ethical Approval: University of Exeter Ethics Committee
Type of Research: Online survey
Data collection period: Until 28 February 2014

Additional information: The purpose of this study is to examine how trainee therapists maintain emotional wellbeing by understanding the emotional experiences of their clinical work with clients. To participate in this study you must be 18 years or older, be enrolled in or have recently completed a training course (postgraduate psychology, psychotherapy, counselling, PWP, IAPT, MBCT, CBT, EMDR, etc.), have worked with or currently work with clients using psychotherapeutic interventions/methods and have one or more experiences of a client sharing with you a personal experience that was traumatic to them.

'Emotional Speech Perception in Healthy Adults Aged 63 to 75 Years'

Principal Investigators: Professor Riccardo Russo and Mrs Denise Wallace
E-mail: rrusso or dwallace (add @essex to create a full e-mail address)
Telephone: 01206 873782 (Riccardo) 07887 554244 (Denise)
Ethical Approval: Faculty Ethics Committee, Faculty of Science & Engineering
Type of Research: Human volunteer study
Data collection period: Until 20th December 2013

Additional information: are you aged 63 to 75 years, right-handed and a native English speaker? If so, we would love your help with a study of how different parts of the brain are involved in how healthy adults aged 63 to 75 understand and process language in the brain. We will need you to take part in two sessions, each lasting about an hour. We will pay you £10 per session (£20 in total). Please note that this study is not suitable for anyone who has been diagnosed with any neurological, mental health or substance abuse disorder in the past.