Will I be paid expenses for taking part?
Participants will not be paid to participate in the study. However, all participants who complete the questionnaire will have the option to enter their email to be entered into a prize draw to win one of two £25 Love2Shop vouchers.
What are the possible benefits/risks of taking part?
There are no physical risks associated with participating in this study. However, reflecting on workplace experiences of racism or microaggressions may be distressing. If you find the questionnaire upsetting, you are free to stop at any time. We have included a list of support resources at the end of the questionnaire, should you wish to seek professional support.
This study will contribute to a current gap in psychological research in understanding the experiences of Clinical Psychologists from Minority ethnic backgrounds, how they may experience racism at work and cope with it.
Will anyone know I have taken part?
The University of Lincoln (UoL) is the sponsor for this study based in the United Kingdom. We will be using information from you to undertake the research and will act as the data controller for this study. This means that we are responsible for looking after your information and using it properly.
The research team will keep your name and contact details confidential and secure. The research team will use this information as needed, to contact you about the research study, and make sure that relevant information about the study is recorded for your care, and to oversee the quality of the study. If you put in your email at the end of the study, you will be contacted regarding whether you would like to be a part of the follow-up interview. Certain individuals from UoL may look at your research records to check the accuracy of the research study. The people who analyse the information will not be able to identify you and will not be able to find out your name or contact details.
Your participation will be confidential unless you reveal that you or someone you know is at serious risk of harm. We will talk about it with you so that we can work out together how best to handle this.
Where will my data be stored?
The data obtained from the study will be stored securely on the university OneDrive in password protected files. Only the researcher/researchers will have access to it. The data from this study may be put in an Open Access repository for other researchers to use in future research. If so, responses will be anonymised and any personal data (e.g. contact details) will be removed.
We will keep the identifiable information about you (email address put in if willing to take part in the interview for Phase 2) until Phase 2 has been completed.
What will happen if I don’t want to carry on with the study?
You are free to withdraw at any point from this study, without having to give a reason, by simply closing the browser with the questionnaire. However, we will keep information about you that we already have and it may included in the data analysis.
What will happen to the results of the research study?
The results will likely be published in the next few years and be accessible via the publishing journal. Your data will not be identifiable in the publication. It is also to be written up as a DClinPsy thesis for the University of Lincoln.
Who is organising and funding the research?
This research is being organised by Jessica Wong at the University of Lincoln and is being funded by the University of Lincoln.
Who has reviewed the study?
All research conducted by the University of Lincoln is looked at by an independent group of people, called a Research Ethics Committee, to protect your rights, dignity and wellbeing. This study has been reviewed and given favourable opinion by a University of Lincoln Research Ethics Committee [2026_21942].
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