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Free Interpersonal Circumplex Test

IPIP-IPC — Interpersonal Circumplex Inventory

Discover where you fall on the two core dimensions of interpersonal behavior — Agency (dominance–submissiveness) and Communion (warmth–coldness). Takes about 5 minutes. Based on the International Personality Item Pool interpersonal circumplex scales.

What It Measures

Your position on the two fundamental axes of interpersonal behavior: Agency (how dominant vs. submissive you tend to be) and Communion (how warm vs. cold you tend to be). Your position in this two-dimensional space defines your interpersonal style.

How It Works

32 items describing interpersonal behaviors. You rate how accurately each describes you on a 5-point scale. Scores are computed for all eight circumplex octants; your angular position and extremity are derived from the octant scores.

What You Get

A circumplex plot showing your position, your dominant interpersonal style, your extremity index (how strongly organized your interpersonal functioning is around a single style), and a brief narrative interpretation.

The Eight Interpersonal Styles

DomineeringHigh Agency, Low Communion
VindictiveHigh Agency, Very Low Communion
ColdLow Agency, Very Low Communion
AvoidantVery Low Agency, Low Communion
NonassertiveVery Low Agency, High Communion
ExploitableLow Agency, Very High Communion
IntrusiveLow Agency, High Communion
ExpressiveHigh Agency, Moderate Communion