Table 1 Questionnaire for positive and negative relationships. Students could choose names among all other students in their year, by clicking on each of the groups.

From: Evolution of social relationships between first-year students at middle school: from cliques to circles

Questions regarding positive relationships

Question 1: Who are your friends inside the school?

Question 2: Considering your friends: Who do you have the closest relationship with?

Question 3: Finally, among your closest friends: who would you say are your best friends?

(We are referring to those people with whom you are “flesh and bone”).

Questions regarding negative relationships

Question 4: Which partners do you not like at all or do not have a good relationship with?

Question 5 : Considering the people you don’t like at all: who do you dislike or have problems with?

Question 6 : Finally, considering the people you dislike: are there any people with whom you have a particularly bad or troubled relationship?

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