Information for participants

 

The relationship between exposure to and intake of party drugs, urban environments and life satisfaction of young adults in Gabber and other nightlife subcultures

 

 

Dear sir/madam,

As a bachelor student of Urban Studies of Leiden University-The Hague, together with researchers from the Health, Medical and Neuropsychology unit of Leiden University, I am conducting a study on nightlife subcultures. This letter provides more information about the study. Please read the letter carefully before you decide whether or not you want to participate in the study.

 

Aim of the study

With this study, we would like to obtain more insight into levels of exposure and intake of party drugs within different nightlife subcultures, with a specific interest in Gabber subculture, and their relation with urban setting and life satisfaction. Results of this study can help us improve harm reduction policies. We therefore ask you to fill out an online questionnaire. There are no wrong or right answers; we are only interested in some general characteristics like age, gender, and living situation and your actions and feelings with relation to party drugs.

 

What will be asked of you?

Participating in this study will consist of filling out a questionnaire. This will take approximately  15 (±5) minutes. You can fill out the questionnaire on your phone, tablet, or computer.
 

Target group

For this study, we are looking for young adults between 18 and 30 years old who are active within the Gabber or any other nightlife subculture.

 

Possible advantages and disadvantages of participation

Participating in the study will not have a direct advantage for you. Your participation will contribute to more information on the differences and patterns of urban nightlife. With data obtained anonymously, the only possible disadvantage of participating is the time investment that is asked of you.
 

Voluntary participation

Participating in this study is completely voluntary. This means that at any time during the study you can decide to end your participation to the study, without having to provide a reason for this or without this having any negative consequences for you.

Confidentiality and data storage

To protect your privacy, only a minimum amount of personal data will be collected that are necessary to answer the research questions of this study. The personal data that will be collected are age, gender, education level, occupation, your household composition, and postal code numbers (no letters); these data will not be identifiable to you as an individual. All data will be processed in a coded way and will be stored safely at Leiden University for 10 years. Coded research data that is not traceable to individual participants may be published in an online database for replication purposes or future use.
 

Ethical evaluation

This study has been submitted to and approved by the Psychology Research Ethics Committee of Leiden University.

 

More information?

If you have any questions, remarks, or complaints about this study, you can contact the researcher by sending an e-mail to nightlife.subcultures.research@gmail.com, or the principal investigator, Henriët van Middendorp (h.vanmiddendorp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl). If you have any questions on the processing of your personal data, you can contact the privacy officer of Leiden University via privacy@bb.leidenuniv.nl.

 

With kind regards on behalf of the research team,

 

Michał Fazan (researcher)

Mark Mulder, MSc

Dr. Henriët van Middendorp                                           

Leiden University, Health, Medical & Neuropsychology unit