Appendix: 1


The Element-B Instrument


        The way  The way                                                            
        it is    I want                                                             
                 it to be                                                           

1.      -----    -----     I seek out people to be with.

2.      -----    -----     People decide what we do when we are together.

3.      -----    -----     I am totally honest with my close friends.

4.      -----    -----     People invite me to do things.

5.      -----    -----     I am the dominant person when I am with people.

6.      -----    -----     My close friends tell me their real feelings.

7.      -----    -----     I join social groups.

8.      -----    -----     People strongly influence my actions.

9.      -----    -----     I confide in my close friends.

10.     -----    -----     People invite me to join their activities.

11.     -----    -----     I get other people to do things I want done.

12.     -----    -----     My close friends tell me about private matters.

13.     -----    -----     I join social organisations.

14.     -----    -----     People control my actions. 

15.     -----    -----     I am more comfortable when people do not get too close.

16.     -----    -----     People include me in their activities.

17.     -----    -----     I strongly influence other people's actions.

18.     -----    -----     My close friends do not tell me all about themselves.

19.     -----    -----     I am included in informal social activities.

20.     -----    -----     I am easily led by people.

21.     -----    -----     People should keep their private feelings to themselves.

22.     -----    -----     People invite me to participate in their activities.

23.     -----    -----     I take charge  when I am with people socially.

24.     -----    -----     My close friends let me know their real feelings.

25.     -----    -----     I include other people in my plans.

26.     -----    -----     People decide things for me.

27.     -----    -----     There are some things I do not tell anyone.

28.     -----    -----     People include me in their social affairs.

29.     -----    -----     I get people to do things the way I want them done.

30.     -----    -----     My closest friends keep secrets from me.

31.     -----    -----     I have people around me.

32.     -----    -----     People strongly influence my ideas.

33.     -----    -----     There are some things I would not tell anyone.

34.     -----    -----     People ask me to participate in their discussions.

35.     -----    -----     I take charge when I am with people.

36.     -----    -----     My friends confide in me.

37.     -----    -----     When people are doing things together I join them.

38.     -----    -----     I am strongly influenced by what people say.

39.     -----    -----     I have at least one friend to whom I can tell anything.

40.     -----    -----     People invite me to parties.

41.     -----    -----     I strongly influence other people's ideas.

42.     -----    -----     My close friends keep their feelings a secret from me.

43.     -----    -----     I look for people to be with.

44.     -----    -----     Other people take charge when we work together.

45.     -----    -----     There is a part of myself I keep private.

46.     -----    -----     People invite me to join them when we have free time.

47.     -----    -----     I take charge when I work with people.

48.     -----    -----     At least two of my friends tell me their true feelings.

49.     -----    -----     I participate in group activities.

50.     -----    -----     People often cause me to change my mind.

51.     -----    -----     I have close relationships with a few people.

52.     -----    -----     People invite me to do things with them.

53.     -----    -----     I see to it that people do things the way I want them to.

54.     -----    -----     My friends tell me about their private lives.


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