+Comfort in Interactions

Townsend, Stephens, Smallets, & Hamedani, 2019

Topic: HELP-SEEKING

Instructions:

For each of the following items, indicate the extent to which you agree with the following items.

Response Options:  

 1 – Strongly disagree to 7 – Strongly agree)

Items:

I feel comfortable…

  1. Speaking, sharing my thoughts, or asking questions in my classes. 
  2. Sharing my opinions with other [university name] students. 
  3. Emailing my professors with thoughts or questions after class. 
  4. Asking my professors for help outside of class. 
  5. Asking my peers for advice about academic topics like studying or picking a major. 
  6. Talking about my background with other [university name] students. 
  7. Talking about my background with my professors.

Citation:

Townsend, S. S., Stephens, N. M., Smallets, S., & Hamedani, M. G. (2019). Empowerment through difference: An online difference-education intervention closes the social class achievement gap. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(7), 1068-1083. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218804548 Links to an external site.

Link to PDF:

https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167218804548 (Links to external page) Links to an external site.

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