Appendix: Parallel interview
[You've already told me that when you were younger you lived in X and Y.] Could you
start by helping me to get oriented to the houses you lived in, where they were and so on?
If you could tell me where your room was in the house, and whether you shared it?
I'd like you to try to describe your bedroom in the house where you lived as a young child,
as far back as you remember.
Now I'd like to ask you to choose five adjectives or words that describe the room that you
had, as far back as you can remember - as early as you can go, but say age 5 - 12 is fine. I
know this may take a bit of time, so go ahead and think for a minute, then I'd like to ask
you why you chose them. I'll write each one down as you give them to me.
Okay, now let me go through some more questions about your description of the room you
had as a child. You used the word [...] to describe the room: are there any memories or
incidents that come to mind, that would help me to understand why you chose that word?
Now I'd like to ask you to choose five adjective or words that describe the main room, the
living room or the lounge, in the house you lived in at that time. I know this may take a bit
of time, so go ahead and think again for a minute, then I'd like to ask you why you chose
them. I'll write each one down as you give them to me.
Okay, now let me go through some more questions about your description of the living
room when you were a child. You used the word [...] to describe the room: are there any
memories or incidents that come to mind, that would help me to understand why you
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