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<p style="font-family:"CG Times", serif;margin:0px"><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:white" class="ContentPasted0">Dear participant,<br class="ContentPasted0">
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risk factors of complicated grief. This study is being conducted by a team from the Department of Counseling and Higher Education, Ohio University. The study</span></i><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:white" class="ContentPasted0">’s
approval protocol number with </span></i><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white" class="ContentPasted0">the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at Ohio University is<span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(14, 16, 26)" class="ContentPasted0">IRB
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<p style="font-family:"CG Times", serif;margin:0px"><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white" class="ContentPasted0">Your participation in this study is entirely voluntary.
If you decide not to participate, there are no penalties. If you decide to participate and then decide to withdraw at any time. 30 participants who fill out the survey, which takes approximately 20 minutes, will receive a $10 gift card, and those 30 participants
will be randomly selected from a list of participants who shared their email at the end of the survey. </span></i><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></i></p>
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<p style="font-family:"CG Times", serif;margin:0px"><strong><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white" class="ContentPasted0">Explanation of Study</span></i></strong><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30)"><br class="ContentPasted0">
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<p style="font-family:"CG Times", serif;margin:0px"><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white" class="ContentPasted0">In this study, you will provide demographic information
and answer questions related to your loved one’s death and your grief experience on the Qualtrics survey. At the end of the survey, you will be asked if you want your name to be added to the $10 Amazon gift card selection process. If so, please put your email
address, and the researcher will contact you to give you the gift card if you are one of the selected participants. </span></i></p>
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<p style="font-family:"CG Times", serif;margin:0px"><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white" class="ContentPasted0">If you are willing to participate in this study, please
click<span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><a href="https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_02gQtWOde1d0UzI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-safelink="true" data-linkindex="0" data-loopstyle="link" style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0">here</a></span></i><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:red;background-color:white"><span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></i><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white" class="ContentPasted0">(or
use the link below).</span></i><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:red;background-color:white"><span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></i><i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Times New Roman", serif;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white" class="ContentPasted0">You
will be asked to read the informed consent and agree to it prior to completing the survey.<span style="margin:0px" class="ContentPasted0"> </span></span></i></p>
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can also email this study to someone you know who experienced a death of a loved one.</span></i></span></i></p>
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<span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white">Ohio University (OU)</span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white"><span data-ogsb="" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white">|</span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:12pt;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white"><span data-ogsb="" style="font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;margin:0px"> </span></span><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman", Times, serif;margin:0px;color:black;background-color:white"><span dir="ltr" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">Athens,
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