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The International Wellbeing Study Invites Yogis

FRIDAY, 30 JULY 2010


We have been conducting a large online international study investigating peoples’ wellbeing called - The International Wellbeing Study. This study has been running since March 2009 and basically investigates peoples' wellbeing over the course of one year. Since its inception, we have been, and are aiming to, specifically investigate the wellbeing of yoga participants, and how their wellbeing changes over a year as not much is known about this.

• To participate, you need to be 16 years of age or older and fill out this same study in every third month for a year - five times in total.
  
  
• The survey takes around 30 minutes to complete (making your total commitment about 2 hours or so over the year). This survey is only open to those who commit to undertake all five identical surveys.
  
  
• After you have completed the five assessments, you will receive an e-mail summary report of your scores. This report will further explain the questions we asked, provide more detail about the study, and also show you how your answers compare to those of others who answered the survey.
  
  
• All survey respondents who complete the five assessments will go into the draw to win one of ten $100 amazon.com vouchers! There will also be a draw for one $100 amazon.com voucher at each assessment point. The draws will be made by a constable from the Wellington central police station, New Zealand.
  
  
• All survey respondents will be offered an option to opt-in to free wellbeing orientated courses after they have completed the first three assessments.
  
  
• The study is voluntary, and you are free to withdraw at any stage before your data is collated at the end of your assessment. The results of this research will be published - but only in a form that ensures you cannot be identified, assuring strict confidentiality (you do not need to provide your name).

For the next intake in September 2010, as well as for future intakes, we are targeting yoga participants in particular, and thus it would be great if we could get as many people as possible to participate in this. Importantly, the “study code” for this specific population to input into this survey is “YOGA” which individuals type in at the beginning of the survey when prompted.

To participate and/or to find out more about the study, type (or cut & paste) the following address into your web browser: http://www.wellbeingstudy.com

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Carolina Alfonso or Aaron Jarden

Email:
Carolina.Alfonso@openpolytechnic.ac.nz
aaron.jarden@openpolytechnic.ac.nz

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