 

Are relationships painful and difficult for you? Does your mood shift suddenly? Do you often feel out of control? If so, you may be eligible for a research study on relationship networks at The Ohio State University. We are conducting a survey about how differences in mood and personality characteristics are related to people’s social and emotional support networks. Understanding how mood and personality impact the quality of one’s support networks could help us understand associations between emotional and interpersonal functioning. If you agree to participate, you will complete a brief phone assessment to answer some questions about your mood and personality to determine if the study may be a good fit for you. Completion of these questions is expected to take 5 to 10 minutes total. If the study is not a good fit for you at this time, you will be notified upon completion of the questions.

If after this phone assessment, you still appear to be a good fit, you will be invited to schedule a virtual study appointment (via Zoom or Skype or phone). In this appointment, you will complete an interview with a researcher asking about various mental health symptoms. After this interview, you will complete several questionnaires about mood, personality, the important people in your life, and the people you turn to for emotional support. As part of this study, we are also hoping to recruit members of your social network to participate as well. These individuals will be asked to complete a battery of questionnaires online (and will not complete a virtual assessment). As part of participation in this study, we are asking that you provide the names and emails for individuals (age 18 or older) in your social network that you would be comfortable with us reaching out to for participation. Other than your name, all of the information that you provide in this study will be kept confidential and will never be released to any individuals we contact. The virtual assessment is expected to take no more than 4 hours.

We are unable to compensate individuals who are ineligible who completed the phone assessment. However, individuals who participate in the virtual assessment will be compensated at a rate of $12 (in Amazon gift cards) per hour of participation completing study measures and interviews. The details of this payment will be provided during the virtual appointment.

For more information, please call our lab number at 614-292-9775 or email [ASC-emotionnetworks@osu.edu](mailto:ASC-emotionnetworks@osu.edu)