(Friends & Family)
© 2007 Larry Lachman and Diane Grindol

This is an anonymous survey for our new book!

I would appreciate it if you would take a few moments and participate in our anonymous survey by answering the few questions below.

With your help we are compiling qualitative/quantitative empirical data for Diane Grindol's and my new book: The Fabric of Unity.

Thank you.
Dr.Larry

(All fields are required.)

1. How do you define a friend?


2. How do you define family?


3. How are your friends different from your family?


4. How are your friends similar to your family?


5. Describe a time when you chose to rely on a friend instead of family.


6. What age were you when you did this? Why did you turn to a friend instead of family?


7. Have you ever had a health crisis and had to rely on a friend? If so, please describe it.


8. What was your friend's reaction to that?


9. What was your family's reaction to that?


10. What benefits (emotional, physical, social, spiritual) do you get from your friends that are different than you get from your family?


11. When you're feeling low or isolated, do you reach out to friends or family, and why?


12. Describe which group (friends of family) has been the most help in learning how to get along with others or in learning a job skill.


13. Have you or a friend ever been, or ever had, a Big Brother or Big Sister? Describe that experience.


14. Describe experiences you know about where friends have had a negative influence on someone (as in violent street gangs).


15. Describe an experience where your best friend, or someone else's best friend, was a pet.

For the following questions,
Please enter the number which best represents your view.

16. When you have been sick, how helpful have your friends been?
   1: Not Helpful | 2: Least Helpful | 3: Moderately Helpful | 4: Highly Helpful | 5: Most Helpful

17. When you feel low, or isolated, how helpful have your friends been?
   1: Not Helpful | 2: Least Helpful | 3: Moderately Helpful | 4: Highly Helpful | 5: Most Helpful

18. When you learned to socialize with other people, how helpful were your friends?
   1: Not Helpful | 2: Least Helpful | 3: Moderately Helpful | 4: Highly Helpful | 5: Most Helpful

19. When you can't be with your family for holidays, how helpful have your friends been?
   1: Not Helpful | 2: Least Helpful | 3: Moderately Helpful | 4: Highly Helpful | 5: Most Helpful

20. When you're learning a new job, or trying to stay out of trouble, how helpful have your friends been?
   1: Not Helpful | 2: Least Helpful | 3: Moderately Helpful | 4: Highly Helpful | 5: Most Helpful

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