The Kindness Test

The Kindness Test project was led by a team of researchers in the Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness, based at the University of Sussex, in partnership with BBC Radio 4. The aim was to learn more about how people's attitudes and experiences might vary across different groups, and how experiences of kindness might relate to health, well-being, and other social and psychological experiences. The questionnaire was open to participants from 31 August 2021 until 4 October 2021. June 2026: Data and codebook have been uploaded to the repository to accompany a paper submission by the study team reporting on links between different dimensions of kindness and well-being. -- for enquiries or collaboration regarding additional analyses, please contact robinb@sussex.ac.uk