Survey For Children With Siblings

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My name is Jared Shiff, M.S. and I am a doctoral candidate in psychology at the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology at Yeshiva University. For my dissertation research, I am conducting a study entitled, “An Examination of Quality of Life and Perceived Social Support Among Children and Adolescents who have a Sibling with a Cancer Diagnosis.” The purpose of this research study is to measure aspects of quality of life and social support in children/adolescents. The study aims to provide useful information to help support siblings of individuals with cancer. There will be a second comparison group of participants in this study who do not have a sibling with cancer.

 

Participants must be between the ages of 8-18 and in grade levels 3rd-12th.

• One group of participants will include healthy children and adolescents who have a sibling (can be either a child/adolescent or adult sibling) with cancer or who is a cancer survivor. *Note: children and adolescents must already have knowledge of their sibling’s cancer diagnosis as this study will inform them.

•  A second group of participants will include healthy children and adolescents who have healthy siblings without a chronic medical condition (e.g. cancer, diabetes, etc.). 

Multiple siblings from the same household are welcome to participate. Siblings can include biological or adopted siblings, half-siblings, step-siblings, and/or foster-siblings.

 

If the above enrollment criteria are met, please consider participating. Participation in this research includes completing several anonymous questionnaires online via Survey Monkey. The surveys take approximately 15-30 minutes to complete. The surveys will also be made available in paper format should you prefer. Participation is voluntary. Upon completion of the surveys, each child/adolescent participant will receive a $10 Amazon gift card. There will be a cap of 30 participants in each of the two groups.

 

Please click on the links below to find additional information, informed consent, and surveys.

  

Participants ages 8-12:

• Parent Consent and Child/Adolescent Assent (participants ages 8-17): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PCYYBYT
• Child Survey and Parent Demographic Questionnaire (for participants ages 8-12): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CCVBSF5

Participants ages 13-17:

• Parent Consent and Child/Adolescent Assent (participants ages 8-17): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PCYYBYT
• Adolescent Survey and Parent Demographic Questionnaire (for participants ages 13-17): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CC76B23

Participants age 18:

• Participant Consent (participants age 18): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PCKQSWN
• Adolescent Survey and Demographic Questionnaire (for 18 year old participants): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CC8TPRS

 

If you have any questions about this study, you can contact the principal investigators Jared Shiff , M.S. at 516-425-3807 jared.shiff@mail.yu.edu and Esther Stavrou, Ph.D. at 646-592-4537 esther.stavrou@ yu.edu. You may also contact the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at 718-430-2237.

 

Best,

Jared Shiff, M.S.

Compensation: $10 Amazon Gift Card

Location: Refer to message for links based the age of the participant