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1.WhatIthinkandfeelaboutmyreligion;mypersonalreligiousviews _____________
2.MyviewsonReligion_____________
TASTESANDINTERESTS:
1.Myfavoritefoods;myfooddislikes_____________
2.Mylikesanddislikesinmusic_____________
3.Myfavoritereadingmatter_____________
WORKORSTUDIES:
1.WhatIfeelaremyshortcomingsthatpreventmefromgettingahead_____________
2.WhatIfeelaremyspecialstrongpointsforwork  _____________
MONEY:
1.HowmuchmoneyImakeatwork_____________
2.WhetherornotIowemoney;ifsohowmuch?  _____________
PERSONALITY:
1.AspectsofmypersonalityIdislike_____________
2.WhatfeelingsIhavetroubleexpressingorcontrolling  _____________
3.Factsofmypresentsexlife_____________
BODY:
1.Myfeelingsaboutmyface_____________
2.HowIwishedIlooked_____________
3.Myfeelingsaboutpartsofmybody_____________
FAMILY:
1.Inquiriesaboutthehealthoffamilymembers_____________
2.Descriptionsoffamilydisagreements_____________
3.Problemsofsiblings,parents,orchildren_____________
Source:AdaptedfromDeanBarnlund,PublicandPrivateSelfinJapanandtheUnitedStates:
Communicationstylesoftwocultures(Yarmouth,ME:InterculturalPress,1975).