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Welcome and thank you for your interest in our study!

As part of a master thesis study by Josephine Alles, we are exploring body-related fears of missing out on social media. This online-based study is conducted under the supervision of Mag. Dr. Mario Lehenbauer-Baum (Scientific Associate, Clinical Psychology at the International Psychology Program, Faculty of Psychology).

Our aim is to explore the fear of missing out in a body-related context as well as connections to happiness and overall quality of life.

Your responses will contribute to a better understanding of fear of missing out in the context of social media use. All data will be collected anonymously (without collecting any names or IP addresses), we will only ask general sociodemographic questions (e.g., age) and also questions about your social media use, happiness, self-esteem, and overall quality of life.

Your participation is voluntary, and you have the right to withdraw from the study at any point in time by closing your browser window.

This online survey will take appr. 5-10 minutes, and your responses will help us a lot to contribute to a better understanding of the fears of missing out. 

If you click on the next headline “Purpose, Procedure and Data Collection: Informed Consent” it will display information about the purpose, procedure and data collection (informed consent).

You can close the section by clicking on the headline again.


Purpose, Procedure and Data Collection: Informed Consent (English)

Information on Data Processing At Sigmund Freud Private University

Information on the Study 

Dear participants

As part of a master study, we are exploring body-related fear of missing out online. This online-based study is conducted by Josephine Alles at Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna under the supervision of Mag. Dr. Mario Lehenbauer-Baum (Scientific Associate, Clinical Psychology at the International Psychology Program, Faculty of Psychology).

Our aim is to explore the fear of missing out in a body-related context as well as connections to happiness and overall quality of life. Your responses will contribute to a better understanding of fear of missing out in the context of social media use. All data will be collected anonymously (without any names or IP addresses), we will only ask general sociodemographic questions like age, gender, living situation, etc. Your participation is voluntary, and you have the right to withdraw from the study at any point in time by closing your browser window.

Supervisor 

Dr. Mario Lehenbauer-Baum 

For further inquiries, please contact the supervisor at SFU (Freudplatz 1, 1020 Vienna) anytime at mario.lehenbauer@sfu.ac.at 

 

Purpose

Your personal data will be processed for the project mentioned in the declaration of consent. Unless stated otherwise, your personal data will be processed for further scientific research and educational purposes.

 

Procedure

The online-based study does not collect any personally identifiable data like name, address or IP-address. The questionnaire will include sociodemographic personal data such as age, gender, marital status, level of education, occupation, country, size of the place of residence (in categories), living situation, and media use (social media, video games, online-pornography). Other survey parts ask about fear of missing out, happiness, body dysmorphic concerns, and quality of life. All data from the online survey will be transmitted to the project team in pseudonymized form and subsequently analyzed statistically.

Your information will be stored securely and pseudonymized, ensuring that no conclusions can be drawn about your identity. The pseudonymized data will be analyzed for a master study, in a way that cannot be traced back to individual persons. The results may also be published, for example, in academic journals or presented at scientific conferences.

All data collected in scientific studies are stored, evaluated, and shared according to legal provisions. Participation in the study must be voluntary.

In this study, data will be collected using electronic devices and processed without divulging your identity. 

A potential publication would only feature pseudonyms to avoid observations about the participants.

The duration of data storage depends on the legal provisions (GDPR, DPA, and FOG - Research Organization Act).

 

Recipient

Authorized persons bound to secrecy, have access to the data and process it as far as this is necessary. 

Data will not be shared with (external) third parties.

According to Art. 2b paragraph 12 of the FOG, in the event of future research projects in cooperation with other scientific institutions, the latter will be considered as recipients of the stored data. SFU will ensure compliance with data protection obligations.

 

Legal basis for data processing

 

Data controller 

Your data is collected for research projects conducted by Sigmund Freud Private University, Freudplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, contact: datenschutz@sfu.ac.at, as the data controller.

Your personal data will be processed according to the terms of the declaration of consent for SFU's legitimate interest exclusively (Art 6 Paragraph 1 point f and Art 9 Paragraph 2 point j GDPR).

 From the time of pseudonymization, the personal data will be processed under Section 7 paragraph 1 Z 3 of the DPA, Section 2d paragraph 2 Z 1, and Section 2d paragraph 5 of the FOG.

General legal principles for the processing of personal data in scientific research can be found in the General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Act, and the Research Organization Act in the currently applicable version.

 

Your rights

You have the fundamental rights to information, correction, elimination, restriction, data portability, and objection. You can assert these rights against the responsible subjects. 

According to the terms as in Art. 89 paragraph 1 of the GDPR, the rights as mentioned above, are (partially) applicable insofar the achievements of scientific research.

The same rights are suspended as soon as pseudonymization is enforced (as soon as the researcher can no longer lawfully identify the participant). 

As stated in Art.77 of the GDPR, if you deem data processing is violating data protection laws or your privacy rights have otherwise been infringed, you can file a complaint to the competent supervisory authority.

Austrian data protection authority: dsb@dsb.gv.at


Appendix: Definitions

 

"Personal Data"

According to Art. 4 paragraph 1 of the GDPR: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (data subject); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

 Such details can refer to, e.g., a person's insurance company, place of residence, or income, and reveal the subject's identity.

 

"Special Category Data"

In accordance with Art. 9 paragraph 1 of the GDPR, personal data reveal racial and ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership as well as genetic data, biometric data for the identification of a natural person, health data or data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation.

 

"Pseudonymization"

A technique used to prevent the identification of a natural person with the help of identifiers, typically stored separately. Pseudonymization is subject to technological and organizational measures to ensure personal data do not match any identified or identifiable natural person.


Additionally, you will find a link below that opens a new window with a downloadable PDF file explaining the study:

Study Information PDF

Informed Consent:

By clicking on “YES” below, I, the participant, have read and understood the information about the study and the information on the declaration of consent, and I have been fully informed about the data processing and my rights (as provided under the link above).

I have received a copy of this participant consent form and the information sheet on data processing and my rights as a PDF via the link provided above. I have no further questions regarding the project and my participation.

I am voluntarily participating in the research project mentioned above and acknowledge that I have been informed that I can terminate the online survey at any time by closing the browser window or refuse to answer questions without facing any disadvantages as a result.