Social Experience of College

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I am a doctoral student at Widener University in the social work program. My dissertation topic is on the social experience of college students with Asperger's Syndrome. I have prepared a questionnaire to ask questions about the social experience of college. Participation in this research will provide valuable information about the experience of students with Asperger’s Syndrome in college and give service providers a better picture of what kind of social experience students with Asperger’s Syndrome want and need.

There are several ways of participating in this research. You can complete an online survey, you can be interviewed or you can participate in a focus group. If you would like to be a part of this research please contact the researcher:

Jennifer Cullen, L.S.W
Email: [email protected]
Phone number:610-842-4439

How much will you pay for our participation?

You have to "pay" people to be in your research??? I wouldn't expect that. I am going to aim for a Master's myself but I expect people to help me out for the cause of getting my degree. I'd personally never pay you to be part of my research. That's silly!

1. Paying people to perform a task for your benefit is the basis of a fair and just economy; anything less is exploitation.

2. While anything worth doing is worth doing well; anything worth doing well is worth being paid well to do.

I would participate but I live in the United Kingdom so I don't think my answers would be relevant towards what you are looking for.

I second this. Most of us are stressed about finances, pay up lol.

I can help you with your research right now.

There is no social experience for students with aspergers in college. It is social isolation.
College and the feelings of social isolation caused me depression and panic attacks.
It was impossible for me to finish because of this.

Paid research isnt usually cash out of the researchers pocket - it usually comes as a grant for their project which they can use to reimburse participants for their time.

Really great points about paid research. I am afraid that I do not have a grant for this research. My interest in the subject comes from some work I have done in helping college students who have been diagnosed with Asperger's. I agree that I would like to pay people to be part of the research but it is a generally annonymous survey unless people provide contact info for an interview. I know that compenasation of "for the sake of knowledge sake" doesn't pay the bills but it is all I have....sorry.

Mkay', you don't want to pay anyone for their time.

That's fine.

And I won't spend my time on a someone else's silly school project unless I'm compensated for it.

Sound fair?

Guys, this is not just a school project, but a doctoral thesis. If this research turns out successful, it is going to be published (doctoral theses have a good chance to) and might be helpful to people in the spectrum. That should be a sufficient motivator.
I'd find appropriate to get paid if it was some pharmaceutical company running a survey, but a student? Come on.

Research is only good as the data on which it is based on, and the more data, the better. And I have experienced myself that it can be damn frustrating to get it. I'd participate myself if I satisfied the requirements.

Thanks for your understanding. I get that people want to be compensated for their time. But here is where I am coming from...I work in a program to support students with disabilities, specifically I work with a few students on the spectrum and what I have started to wonder about is are the services out there really the services people on the spectrum want or need especially when it comes to social experiences so when I started my dissertation I thought it would be a great way to give a voice to what the perspective of people who are actually on the spectrum think or want when it comes to the social life of college. If you would like to take the survey the link is posted below it would probably only take about 10-15 minutes. Thank YOU!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Student_ ... rspectives

It took me only five- it's hardly too much to ask of people.
Thank you very much, for your research and inviting us to participate in it!

Thanks so much for participating! I have been getting some great feedback! I think that this study could really bring alot to light about what people on the spectrum really think and want! Thanks again!