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Ridicule Testing Scenario  Questionnaire

This questionnaire is designed to gather information about the emotions you feel in certain social situations. You will be asked to score how strongly you feel these emotions. There are no right or wrong answers.
This questionnaire is in three parts. Before each section you will be given a set of instructions. Read each set of instructions carefully before proceeding.
If you feel unhappy or uncomfortable, you can stop at any time. All information you give is treated in the strictest confidence. No details or information, which could identify you personally, will be taken during the study.

Part A

Nationality
If British Please Use Specific Box
Age
Gender Male           Female 
Are You single cohabiting married separated widowed

Instructions:

 

The following statements refer to your feelings, actions, and perceptions in general. Please try as much as
possible describe your habitual behaviour patterns and attitudes by selecting through one of the four alternatives.
Please use the following scale:

(1) strongly disagree

(2) moderately disagree

(3) moderately agree

(4) strongly agree

For example:

I am a cheerful person.............................................................................................. (1)  (2)  (3)  (4)

 

If you strongly agree with this statement, that is, if you are in general a cheerful person, Select through (4). If you strongly disagree, that is, if you are habitually not cheerful at all, Select through (1). If you have difficulty answering a question, pick the response that most applies.

Please answer every question, do not omit any.

1 When they laugh in my presence I get suspicious (1) (2) (3) (4)
2 I avoid displaying myself in public because I fear that people could become aware of my insecurity and could make fun of me. (1) (2) (3) (4)
3 When strangers laugh in my presence I often relate this to me personally. (1) 2()  (3) (4)
4 When others make joking remarks about me I feel being paralyzed. (1) (2) (3) (4)
5  I control myself strongly in order not to attract negative attention so I do not make a ridiculous impression. (1) (2) (3) (4)
6 I believe that I make a funny impression on others. (1) (2) (3) (4)
7 Although I frequently feel lonely, I have the tendency not to share social activities in order (1) (2) (3) (4)
8 When I have made an embarrassing impression somewhere, I avoid the place thereafter. (1) (2) (3) (4)
9 If I did not fear making a fool of myself I would speak much more in public. (1) (2) (3) (4)
10 If someone has teased me in the past I cannot deal freely with him forever. (1) (2) (3) (4)
11 It takes me very long to recover from having been laughed at. (1) (2) (3) (4)
12 While dancing I feel uneasy because I am convinced that those watching me assess me as being ridiculous. (1) (2) (3) (4)
13 Especially when I feel relatively unconcerned, the risk is high for me to attract negative attention and appear peculiar to others. (1) (2) (3) (4)
14 When others tease me, I lose control or the ability to adequately coordinate my motions. (1) (2) (3) (4)
15 When I have made a fool of myself in front of others I grow completely stiff and lose my ability to behave adequately. (1) (2) (3) (4)


Part B
 

Please check to see that you have answered every statement that you want to.

INSTRUCTIONS: People vary in their emotional experiences. Some people often have very intense feelings of FEAR. Others may have very intense feelings of SHAME, or a very intense feeling of HAPPINESS. Still other people may never experience any of those emotions at a very intense level.

 

1.                   Please describe an example of the MOST INTENSE experience of FEAR you can imagine that any human being has ever felt. Your example can be about someone you know, or it could be based on someone in the new, in a movie or TV programme. It can be something you have read or just something you imagine.

 

Write below your example of the MOST INTENSE FEAR you imagine anyone in the world has ever felt:

Now indicate the MOST FEAR you have ever felt. Try to remember the MOST INTENSE experience of FEAR you ever had.  You don�t need to write down that experience. Instead compare YOUR most FEARFUL experience with the example you described of the most intense experience of FEAR anyone in the world could ever feel.

 

If the FEARfelt by the person in your example is rated �8� the most intense FEAR YOU have ever felt is? (Please select a number)

        0     1       2       3       4      5       6     7    8   

   Least                                                                                              Most                

Keeping in mind a time when you felt extremely FEARFUL.

 

A. How quickly did those extremely FEARFUL feelings begin? (Please select one)

       0     1      2       3      4     5      6     7    8       

Almost Immediately                    few minutes                               took a long time

B How long did it take you to get over those extremely FEARFUL feelings?

   0     1      2       3      4     5      6     7    8       

Minutes           Hours                Days                  Weeks            Months

C. Some people show their feelings more than others. When you are feeling extremely FEARFUL, does your voice and facial expressions show how you are feeling? (Please select one)

   0     1      2       3      4     5      6     7    8       

Not       Slightly                         quite a lot                                 very much
at all         

2.                   Please describe an example of the MOST INTENSE experience of HAPPINESS you can imagine that any human being has ever felt. Your example can be about someone you know, or it could be based on someone in the new, in a movie or TV programme. It can be something you have read or just something you imagine.

 

Write below your example of the MOST INTENSE HAPPINESS you imagine anyone in the world has ever felt:

Now indicate the MOST HAPPY you have ever felt. Try to remember the MOST INTENSE experience of HAPPINESS you ever had.  You don�t need to write down that experience. Instead compare YOUR most HAPPY experience with the example you described of the most intense experience of HAPPINESS anyone in the world could ever feel.

 

If the HAPPINESS felt by the person in your example is rated �8� the most intense HAPPINESS YOU have ever felt is? (Please select a number)

       0     1      2       3      4     5      6     7    8   

   Least                                                                                              Most                

 

Keeping in mind a time when you felt extremely HAPPY.

 

A. How quickly did those extremely HAPPY feelings begin? (Please select one)

    
  0     1      2       3      4     5