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PART I:
1. [Teacher disrespect]
Tell me about a time when a teacher or another adult at school disrespected you or made you feel disrespected. Pick a time you remember really well and tell me everything you can remember. [If you have never experienced this, tell me about a time you saw a teacher or another adult at school disrespect another student].
a. Is there anything else you remember about that time?
b. Did anyone witness this event? If so who? What did they do (i.e., walk away, intervene?) Why do you think they responded the way that they did?
c. Did you report the incident to other adults[parents/teachers/administrators] or other peers [friends/classmates]? Why/Why not?
d. Did you get back [retaliate] (or try to get back) at the [teacher/other adult] for [behavior/incident?] Why/why not?
e. Did you forgive the [teacher/other adult] for [behavior/incident]? Why/why not?
f. "Do you think it was okay or not okay for [teacher/other adult] to do [behavior/incident]?
g. Why do you think it was [okay/not okay] for [teacher/other adult] to do that?" h. When the [teacher/other adult] did [behavior/incident], why do you think [he/she]
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i. Do you think this was a good reason, or not a good reason? Why was it a good reason/not a good reason?
j. Why do you think [behavior] was disrespectful?
k. On a scale from 1 (little bit) to 4 (A lot) how disrespectful was the experience? 0 1 2 3 4
l. Now I am going to ask you how you felt at the time of the experience, using the same scale as before. If you did not experience the emotion, then say zero.
How… did you feel at the time? i. angry 0 1 2 3 4 ii. hurt 0 1 2 3 4 iii. humiliated 0 1 2 3 4 iv. sad 0 1 2 3 4 v. confused 0 1 2 3 4 vi. ashamed 0 1 2 3 4
Were there any other emotions that you felt that I didn’t ask about (if so, ask how
much, and have them describe)
m. I want to you think about how you FEEL NOW about the experience. How… do you feel now about the experience?
i. angry 0 1 2 3 4 ii. hurt 0 1 2 3 4 iii. humiliated 0 1 2 3 4 iv. sad 0 1 2 3 4 v. confused 0 1 2 3 4 vi. ashamed 0 1 2 3 4
Were there any other emotions that you felt that I didn’t ask about (if so, ask how
much, and have them describe)?
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Tell me about a time when a classmate or another kid at school disrespected you or made you feel disrespected. Pick a time you remember really well and tell me everything you can remember. (If you have never experienced this, tell me about a time you saw a classmate or another kids at school disrespect another student).
n. Is there anything else you remember about that time?
o. Did anyone witness this event? If so who? What did they do? (i.e., walk away, intervene) Why do you think they responded the way that they did?
p. Did you report the incident to other adults [parents/teachers/administrators] or other peers [friends/classmates]? Why/Why not?
q. Did you get back [retaliate] (or try to get back) at the [classmate] for [behavior/incident?] Why/why not?
r. Did you forgive the [classmate] for [behavior/incident]? Why/why not?
s. "Do you think it was okay or not okay for [classmate/kid] to do [behavior]?
t. Why do you think it was [okay/not okay] for [classmate/kid] to do that?
u. When the [classmate/kid] teacher did [behavior], why do you think [he/she] did that?
v. Do you think this was a good reason, or not a good reason? Why was it a good reason/not a good reason?
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w. Why do you think [behavior] was disrespectful?
x. On a scale from 1 (little bit) to 4 (a lot) how disrespectful was the experience? 0 1 2 3 4
y. Now I am going to ask you how you felt at the time of the experience, using the same scale as before. If you did not experience the emotion, then say zero.
How… did you feel at the time. i. angry 0 1 2 3 4 ii. hurt 0 1 2 3 4 iii. humiliated 0 1 2 3 4 iv. sad 0 1 2 3 4 v. confused 0 1 2 3 4 vi. ashamed 0 1 2 3 4
Were there any other emotions that you felt that I didn’t ask about (if so, ask how
much, and have them describe)?
z. I want to you think about how you FEEL NOW about the experience. How… do you feel now about the experience?
i. angry 0 1 2 3 4 ii. hurt 0 1 2 3 4 iii. humiliated 0 1 2 3 4 iv. sad 0 1 2 3 4 v. confused 0 1 2 3 4 vi. ashamed 0 1 2 3 4
Were there any other emotions that you felt that I didn’t ask about (if so, ask how
much, and have them describe)?
3. Is there anything else you would like to tell me about those experiences that I hadn’t asked?
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PART II.
1. Tell me about a time when a teacher or another adult at school earned your respect. Pick a time you remember really well and tell me everything you can remember.
a. Is there anything else you remember about that time?
b. Did you share this experience to other adults [parents/teachers/administrators] or other peers [friends/classmates]? Why/Why not?
c. Did you make it a special point to show this teacher respect after [he/she] [behavior]? Why/why not?
d. When the [teacher/other adult] teacher did [behavior], why do you think [he/she] did that?
e. Do you think this was a good reason, or not a good reason? Why was it a good reason/not a good reason?
f. What specifically about [behavior] made it respectful or earned your respect?
g. On a scale from 1 (little bit) to 4 (a lot) how much respect did the teacher earn? 1 2 3 4
h. Now I am going to ask you how you felt at the time of the experience, using the
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How… did you feel at the time? vii. proud 0 1 2 3 4 viii. surprised 0 1 2 3 4 ix. happy 0 1 2 3 4 x. grateful 0 1 2 3 4
Were there any other emotions that you felt that I didn’t ask about (if so, ask how
much, and have them describe)?
K. I want to you think about how you FEEL NOW about the experience. How… do you feel now about the experience?
i. proud 0 1 2 3 4 ii. surprised 0 1 2 3 4 iii. happy 0 1 2 3 4 iv. grateful 0 1 2 3 4
Were there any other emotions that you felt that I didn’t ask about (if so, ask how
much, and have them describe)?