Surveys
2014
July
R
Research Project

Research Project

Hello:
You are invited to participate in my research project. In this survey, you will be asked questions about fear and your response to feeling afraid. It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete the questionnaire.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. There are no foreseeable risks associated with this project. However, if you feel uncomfortable answering any questions, you can withdraw from the survey at any point. It is very important for me to learn your opinions.

Your survey responses will be strictly confidential and data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. Your information will be coded and will remain confidential. If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, you may contact me at 612-460-5364 or by email at the email address specified below.

Now that we got that official muckety-muck out of the way...

Thank you very much for your time and feel free to share the link with your friends.

To start off, here is a little question about words that relate to fear. Please drag and rank(1^st to 8^th) the following in words that relate to fear in order of severity, from most fear to least :

	Drag your choices here to rank them
Alarm Anxiety Apprehension Concern Dread Fright Panic Worry

People respond differently to different emotions. I am going to go through the same words in alphabetical order and you can let me know how your respond to feeling that way. Feel free to select more than one answer per word.

	Ignore Feeling	Try to Resolve Source of Feeling	Withdraw / Disengage / Shut Down	Carefully Evaluate Source of Feeling	Irrational Behavior	Cautiously Proceed	Avoid Whatever Triggers this Feeling
Alarm

Anxiety

Apprehension

Concern

Dread

Fright

Panic

Worry

We all have our own fears, but for this question I am going to give you two choices and you indicate which one makes you feel more afraid.

	Much More Afraid of (A)	More Afraid of (A)	Slightly More Afraid of (A)	Equally Afraid of (A) and (B)	Slightly More Afraid of (B)	More Afraid of (B)	Much More Afraid of (B)
(A) Something that will happen this week or (B) something that will happen this year?

(A) Something that is near or (B) something that is far?

(A) Something known or (B) something unknown?

(A) Something that might happen or (B) something that will happen?

(A) A fire caused by lightning or (B) a fire caused by humans?

(A) Talk of domestic terrorists or (B) talk of foreign terrorists?

(A) National economic problems or (B) global economic problems?

(A) Driving on icy roads or (B) driving right after all the bars close (so you are sharing the road with drunk drivers)?

(A) Reports of homes in your area being robbed or (B) reports of businesses in your area being robbed?

(A) Reports of flu virus when you feel just fine or (B) reports of high pollen index when you aren't allergic

(A) Reports of flu virus when you feel just fine or (B) reports of flu virus when you are feeling a little under the weather?

(A) Reports of gang activity in your area or (B) reports of wild animals attacking people in your area?

(A) Report of plane crash due to human error or (B) report of plane crash due to terrorism?

Think about a time when fear has caused you to withdraw, even temporarily, from a topic or situation. What factors led you to withdraw? I am not looking for details about the source of the fear, but rather what triggered you to step away and disengage. If you haven't had an experience like this, what do you think would cause you to withdraw? Feel free to skip this question if you are taking this survey on your cell phone or just don't want to answer.

We all experience fear to different degrees. How much fear do you feel?

	1 (Low)	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10 (High)
In General

Last Year

Five Years Ago

Right Now

Do you think you make better or worse decisions when fear is involved?

	Much Better	Better	Slightly Better	Unaffected	Slightly Worse	Worse	Much Worse
Alarm

Anxiety

Apprehension

Concern

Dread

Fright

Panic

Worry

How often do you feel like the following sources are attempting to elicit fear in you?

	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Always	Not Applicable
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