Dear Participant,
We would like to invite you to participate in a questionnaire study that is designed and carried out by researchers at the University of Graz. The purpose of the research is to better understand compassion among language teachers and how it is related to other variables.
Taking part in the study is entirely anonymous and voluntary. The questionnaire takes about 10-15 minutes to complete. You can choose to stop at any time. Please, note, that you can only proceed to the end of the questionnaire after completing all the items marked with an asterisk. All sociodemographic data is voluntary, and you cannot be identified from your responses. There are no anticipated risks in participating in this study.
The collected data will be stored safely on a computer and will be subjected to statistical analyses. We will not collect any identifying data with your questionnaire responses. Consequently, any report on this study will neither include any information that will make it possible to identify any participants personally, and any publications will include anonymized data. All or part of the content of the survey data may be used in academic papers, policy papers, conference presentations, or news/blog articles.
If you feel that the data collected in this study is misused, you have the right to contact the data protection authority (Art. 77 DSGVO, GDPR). For further information on the rights of participants, please see the relevant GDPR articles (7, 11, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21).
Contact details:
MMag. Nadine Probst [data protection officer at Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz]
Postal address:
Universität Graz
z.H. Datenschutzbeauftragte
Universitätsplatz 3
8010 Graz
Austria
Phone: +43 (0)316 380 – 2139
Email: dsba@uni-graz.at
This study has received approval from the Ethics Committee of the University of Graz (GZ. 39/252/63 ex 2025/26).
For questions about the study, please contact:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sarah Mercer: sarah.mercer@uni-graz.at
Dr. Gholam Hassan Khajavy: gholam.khajavy-fadafen@uni-graz.at
Carlos Murillo-Miranda: carlos.murillo-miranda@edu.uni-graz.at
Dr. Siying Shen: siying.shen@uni-graz.at
Julia Aigner : julia.aigner(at)uni-graz.at
Dr. Jasrael Stokes: jasrael.stokes(at)uni-graz.at
Sophie Thurner: sophie.thurner(at)uni-graz.at
Asst. Prof. Dr. Semin Kazazoğlu: seminkazazoglu(at)gmail.com
Many thanks for your help and input!
To access the survey, please click on this link: https://edu.surveys.uni-graz.at/534826?newtest=Y&lang=en
