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Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - The teachers provided me with choices and options.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - I felt understood by the teachers.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - I could be open with the teachers during the lessons.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - The teachers showed confidence in my ability to do well.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - I felt that the teachers accepted me.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - The teachers helped me to understand the goals of the lesson and what I need to do.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - The teachers encouraged me to ask questions.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - I felt a lot of trust in my teachers.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - The teachers answered my questions fully and carefully.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - The teachers handled my emotions very well.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - I felt that the teachers cared about me as a person.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - I didn’t feel very good about the way the teachers talked to me.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - The teachers tried to understand how I saw things before suggesting new ways to do things.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - I felt that I could share my feelings with the teachers.
Please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about how you felt about your teachers during this time. - The teachers listened to how I would like to do things.
Competence - The teachers helped me to improve.
Competence - The teachers made me feel like I could do well.
Competence - I felt that the teachers liked it when I did well.
Competence - The teachers made me feel like I could do the activities in the lessons.
Relatedness - The teachers supported me.
Relatedness - The teachers encouraged us to work together in lessons.
Relatedness - The teachers had respect for me.
Relatedness - The teachers were interested in me.
Relatedness - I felt that the teachers were friendly towards me.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - Regulations and rules triggered a sense of resistance in me.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - I found contradicting others stimulating.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - When something was not allowed, I usually thought “That is exactly what I am going to do”.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - The thought of being dependent on others annoyed me.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - I considered advice from others as an intrusion (unwanted).
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - I became frustrated when I was unable to make free and independent decisions.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - It irritated me when someone pointed out things which were obvious to me.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - I became angry when my freedom of choice was restricted.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - Advice and recommendations usually made me want to do the opposite.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - I was contented only when I was acting of my own free will.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - I resisted the attempts of others to influence me.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - It made me angry when another person was held up as a role model for me to follow.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - When someone forced me to do something, I felt like doing the opposite.
The following questions are about how you felt about following rules and advice from others while you were a teenager in secondary education. - It disappointed me to see others submitting to society’s standards and rules.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - Even when I was alone and doing nothing, simply being at school made me feel like myself.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - Just being at school suited the way I saw myself.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - School felt right for who I am.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - I felt like my true self when I was at school.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - School was a place where I felt intrinsically motivated by my own goals.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - Standards of success at school matched what I thought it meant to be successful.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - I felt that school was a place that allowed me to realize my own goals.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - My behaviour at school was motivated by things I valued.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - Classes at school were designed in a way that fits how I liked to learn.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - When I was around others at school, I felt like I could act like my true self.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - I didn’t feel like I needed to be a different person around others at school.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - Other students at school did NOT judge me for being myself.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - I never had to hide my true behaviour when I was with others at school.
Again, please reflect on your time in secondary education (ages 14-18). The following questions are about feeling like your true self at school. - I felt that people at school understood exactly who I am.
Please reflect on your feelings of wellbeing when you were at secondary school. - My life had a clear sense of purpose
Please reflect on your feelings of wellbeing when you were at secondary school. - I was optimistic about my future
Please reflect on your feelings of wellbeing when you were at secondary school. - My life was going well
Please reflect on your feelings of wellbeing when you were at secondary school. - I felt good most of the time
Please reflect on your feelings of wellbeing when you were at secondary school. - I felt that what I did in life was valuable and worthwhile
Please reflect on your feelings of wellbeing when you were at secondary school. - I felt like I could succeed if I put my mind to it
Please reflect on your feelings of wellbeing when you were at secondary school. - I was achieving most of my goals
Please reflect on your feelings of wellbeing when you were at secondary school. - In most activities I do, I felt energized
Please reflect on your feelings of wellbeing when you were at secondary school. - There were people who appreciated me as a person
Please reflect on your feelings of wellbeing when you were at secondary school. - I felt a sense of belonging in my community
This final set of questions is about how you responded to teachers if you were given a rule or instruction by a teacher. Please reflect on your experiences at secondary school, and imagine your teacher has just told you that you have to do something you
How much time off school did you take when you were in secondary education?
Did you stay in secondary education until you achieved the qualifications you were studying for?
Overall, how well do you feel you did in your secondary education studies?