Support Reply Study

What you will do

You will read short conversations in which a person shares something upsetting with a supporter, then adds a follow-up message. For the supporter's last reply, answer three quick questions.

• Each person has a guess about their situation (for example, “my friend is angry at me”). We ask how the reply treats that guess.
• Each person also reports a feeling (for example, anxious). We ask whether the reply tells them they no longer need to feel it, and whether it says they feel something they never mentioned.
• Kindness, warmth and encouragement are fine. They are not what we are asking about.
• There are no right answers to guess; read each reply as it is written.

All conversations are fictional. Some describe everyday distress (worries about friends, family, work or study). You can stop at any time.

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