Hello, I'm a graduate student at Stony Brook University and I'm conducting an online relationship survey about breakups and divorce for my dissertation, and I could really use your help. My work involves learning about the full range of people's responses following the end of a significant romantic relationship -- meaning I'm interested the difficulties folks experience but also any positive changes that result form this challenging life experience (such as building a new family after a breakup/divorce, pursuing new goals, experiencing improved subsequent relationships, a greater sense of confidence, etc.). Anecdotally we may have the hunch that many people have experienced these positive changes, but we don't seem to know much about this topic in detail or scientifically, which could help others experience these positive changes too.
People who have participated in the project so far say they enjoy thinking about these experiences and sharing them, and they appreciate the anonymous, free, personalized feedback they have the option of receiving immediately upon completion of the approx. 30 minute online survey. I'll be working on this project probably through the wintertime, so any help in learning about many real people's experiences would be so wonderful!
The web address of my survey is: http://www.courses.rochester.edu/surveys/funk/relbreakup/ There there is a greater description of the project and a link to the survey pages.
Thank you in advance for your interest, help, and support!