What will happen if I take part in
this research study?
If you volunteer to participate in this study, the
researcher will ask you to do the following:
meeting the researcher for an individual interview in the
settings of your school. The interview will be recorded (audio version).
The questions of the research will be explained to you
before conducting the interview. The interview guide will be structured around
the following principle themes: 1) Family biographies (reasons for immigration,
migratory trajectory, education and occupation of parents, language used in the
home, parent-child relationships, etc.); 2) Primary and secondary school
experiences of children (academic results, peer and teacher relationships,
school-family-community ties, etc.); 3) Experiences of children outside of
school (neighborhood, community and religious milieus, etc.); 4)
Extra-curricular knowledge (family and friend knowledge, religious or ethnic
wisdom, etc.); 5) Relationships to the school and to school knowledge
(instrumental and intellectual relationships, idea about forms of schooling,
educational engagement, perceptions of the school’s role in socialization,
etc.); and, 6) Models of success (family discourse on the school and on the
future, etc.).
How long will I be in the research
study?
Participation
will take a total of about 1 hour.
Are there any potential risks or
discomforts that I can expect from this study?
Your participation in this research does not involve any
particular risks or disadvantages.
Are there any potential benefits if
I participate?
You will not directly benefit from your participation in the
research.
The results of the research may improve the school
experiences of secondary school students of South Asian origin, in particular, and
of immigrant origin, in general, in North America.
Will information about me and my
participation be kept confidential?
Any information that is obtained in connection with this
study and that can identify you will remain confidential. It will be disclosed
only with your permission or as required by law. Confidentiality will be
maintained by means of allotting a number to each participant. Only the
principal researcher and/or person delegated to this end by the principal
researcher will have the list of participants and the numbers given to them.
Moreover, your information will be kept in a locked computer/filing cabinet
located in the office of the principal researcher at UCLA. No information
making it possible to identify you in a way will be published. You will be able
to review, edit, and erase the tapes/recordings of your research participation
before any publication is done. Your information will be destroyed seven years
after the end of the project and only data not making it possible to identify
you could be preserved after this date.
What are my rights if I take part in
this study?
· You can choose whether or not you
want to be in this study, and you may withdraw your consent and discontinue
participation at any time.
· Whatever decision you make, there
will be no penalty to you, and no loss of benefits to which you were otherwise
entitled.
· You may refuse to answer any
questions that you do not want to answer and still remain in the study.
Who can I contact if I have questions
about this study?
· The research team:
If you have any questions, comments
or concerns about the research, you can talk to the one of the researchers.
Please contact: Mahsa Bakhshaei at mbakhshaei@ucla.edu.
· UCLA Office of the Human Research Protection Program (OHRPP):
If you have questions about your
rights while taking part in this study, or you have concerns or suggestions and
you want to talk to someone other than the researchers about the study, please
call the OHRPP at (310) 825-7122 or write to:
UCLA Office of the Human Research Protection Program
11000 Kinross Avenue, Suite 211, Box 951694
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1694
