Reference
Boyce, P. , & Parker, G. (1989). Development of a scale to measure interpersonal sensitivity. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 23, 341–351. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00048678909068291
List of questions
Question number | Question | Original 36-item version | 36-item version | 6-item version |
1 | I feel insecure when I say goodbye to people | ✓ | ✓ |
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2 | I worry about the effect that I have on other people | ✓ | ✓ |
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3 | I avoid saying what I think for fear of being rejected | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
4 | I feel uneasy meeting new people | ✓ | ✓ |
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5 | If others knew the real me, they would not like me | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
6 | I feel uneasy meeting new people | ✓ |
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7 | I don't get angry with people for fear that I may hurt them | ✓ | ✓ |
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8 | After a fight with a friend, I feel uncomfortable until I have made peace | ✓ | ✓ |
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9 | I am always aware of how other people feel | ✓ | ✓ |
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10 | I worry about being criticised for things I have said or done | ✓ | ✓ |
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11 | I always notice if someone doesn't respond to me | ✓ | ✓ |
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12 | I worry about losing someone close to me | ✓ | ✓ |
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13 | I feel that people generally like me | ✓ | ✓ |
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14 | I will do something I don't want to do rather than offend or upset someone | ✓ | ✓ |
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15 | I can only believe that something I have done is good when someone tells me it is | ✓ | ✓ |
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16 | I will go out of my way to please someone I am close to | ✓ | ✓ |
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17 | I feel anxious when I say goodbye to people | ✓ | ✓ |
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18 | I feel happy when someone compliments me | ✓ | ✓ |
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19 | I fear that my feelings will overwhelm people | ✓ | ✓ |
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20 | I can make other people feel happy | ✓ | ✓ |
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21 | I find it hard to get angry with people | ✓ | ✓ |
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22 | I worry about criticising other people | ✓ | ✓ |
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23 | If someone is critical of something I do, I feel bad | ✓ | ✓ |
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24 | If other people knew what I am really like, they would think less of me | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
25 | I always expect criticism | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
26 | I can never be really sure if someone is pleased with me | ✓ | ✓ |
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27 | I don't like people to really know me | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
28 | If someone upsets me, I am not able to put it easily out of my mind | ✓ | ✓ |
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29 | I feel others do not understand me | ✓ | ✓ |
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30 | I worry about what others think of me | ✓ | ✓ |
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31 | I don't feel happy unless people I know admire me | ✓ | ✓ |
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32 | I am never rude to anyone | ✓ | ✓ |
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33 | I worry about hurting the feelings of other people | ✓ | ✓ |
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34 | I feel hurt when someone is angry with me | ✓ | ✓ |
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35 | My value as a person depends enormously on what others think of me | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
36 | I care about what other people feel about me | ✓ | ✓ |
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Items which are not included in the original version |
37 | I feel secure when I'm in a close relationship |
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Where this scale is used in CLOSER questionnaires/datasets