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Friendships

Dear Sir or Madam, please take a few minutes of your time to complete the following questionnaire.

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How old are you?

2

How would you describe your gender?

3

Do you have children?

4

Are you a single parent?

5

When you are getting to know someone new, what would you think if they spoke to you about their family as part of those initial conversations? Do you think this is a common thing to talk about?

6

If you met someone new, and they were overweight, would this put you off wanting to be friends with them? Or would you make any negative judgements of them before getting to know them because of their weight?

7

If a friend disagreed with you or had a different opinion on a topic you were talking about, how would this make you feel?

8

If a friend corrected you on a fact, of a topic you was talking about, because they knew more about it, would this offend you?

9

What makes a person 'interesting', or 'uninteresting' to you?

10

Do you think you are an interesting person? If not why not? And if yes, what makes you interesting?

11

Is it important for you, that your friends are 'interesting'?

12

What things do you look for in a friendship?

13

Have you ever lost friends from a job you have left?

14

If you are a parent, did becoming a parent result in you losing some friendships?

15

Have you formed new friendships in adulthood? If yes, where and how did you form these friendships?