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 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 2 | I worry about the effect that I have on other people | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 3 | I avoid saying what I think for fear of being rejected | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 4 | I feel uneasy meeting new people | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 5 | If others knew the real me, they would not like me | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 6 | I feel uneasy meeting new people | ✓ | ||
| 7 | I don't get angry with people for fear that I may hurt them | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 8 | After a fight with a friend, I feel uncomfortable until I have made peace | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 9 | I am always aware of how other people feel | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 10 | I worry about being criticised for things I have said or done | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 11 | I always notice if someone doesn't respond to me | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 12 | I worry about losing someone close to me | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 13 | I feel that people generally like me | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 14 | I will do something I don't want to do rather than offend or upset someone | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 15 | I can only believe that something I have done is good when someone tells me it is | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 16 | I will go out of my way to please someone I am close to | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 17 | I feel anxious when I say goodbye to people | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 18 | I feel happy when someone compliments me | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 19 | I fear that my feelings will overwhelm people | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 20 | I can make other people feel happy | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 21 | I find it hard to get angry with people | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 22 | I worry about criticising other people | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 23 | If someone is critical of something I do, I feel bad | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 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 | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 29 | I feel others do not understand me | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 30 | I worry about what others think of me | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 31 | I don't feel happy unless people I know admire me | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 32 | I am never rude to anyone | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 33 | I worry about hurting the feelings of other people | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 34 | I feel hurt when someone is angry with me | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 35 | My value as a person depends enormously on what others think of me | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 36 | I care about what other people feel about me | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Items which are not included in the original version | ||||
| 37 | I feel secure when I'm in a close relationship | ✓ | ||
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Use of this scale
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in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires
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and datasets
| Version | Study | Year | Questionnaire | Dataset |
| 36-item version | ALSPAC | 1990-1992 | Having a Baby | ALSPAC Having a Baby Questionnaire Dataset |
| 36-item version | ALSPAC |
| 1990-1992 | Partner's Questionnaire | ALSPAC Partners Questionnaire Dataset |
| 36-item version | ALSPAC |
| 1991-1993 | Your Home and Lifestyle | ALSPAC Your Home and Lifestyle Questionnaire Dataset | ||
| 6-item version | ALSPAC | 2010 | You and Your Life | ALSPAC You and Your Life Questionnaire Dataset |