Assessments
Established, empirically validated instruments across personality, cognition, attachment, and projective methods.
Take Now — Instant Scored Results
Public-domain self-report measures you can complete right now. Facet scores are calculated and displayed the moment you finish.
IPIP-VIA-R Character Strengths
A 96-item public-domain inventory of the 24 character strengths from the Values in Action (VIA) framework, refined and validated by Bluemke and colleagues (2021). Each strength is measured by four balanced-keyed items rated on a 1–5 accuracy scale. Results are reported as percent-of-max scores per strength, with non-diagnostic Higher / Average / Lower narrative bands. No population norms or percentiles are provided.
Take now →Mini-IPIP five-factor model personality scale
A brief 20-item public-domain IPIP measure of the Big Five personality dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience.
Take now →IPIP-NEO (120-Item)
A 120-item public-domain IPIP personality measure scoring 30 facets across the five broad domains of the Five-Factor Model (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness), each represented by four items scored on a 1–5 agreement scale.
Take now →IPIP-NEO-60 Personality Inventory
A 60-item public-domain IPIP measure of the five major domains of personality — Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness — and the thirty narrower facets beneath them (two items each). Reports five broad domain scores together with a fine-grained facet profile.
Take now →Interpersonal Circumplex – 32 Item
The public-domain IPIP-IPC version of the Interpersonal Circumplex (Markey & Markey, 2009): a 32-item measure of interpersonal style across eight octants, from Assured-Dominant to Gregarious-Extraverted.
Take now →Cognitive Failures
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Cognitive Failures.
Take now →Impression-Management
A 20-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Impression-Management.
Take now →Self-Deception
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Self-Deception.
Take now →Social Desirability
A 30-item public-domain IPIP scale of socially desirable responding, with two facets: Impression-Management (deliberately favorable self-presentation) and Self-Deceptive Enhancement (an honestly held but overly positive self-view). It is a response-style measure, not a clinical or diagnostic instrument.
Take now →Locus of Control: Internality
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Locus of Control: Internality.
Take now →Locus of Control: Powerful Others
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Locus of Control: Powerful Others.
Take now →Locus of Control: Chance
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Locus of Control: Chance.
Take now →Locus of Control: Total
A 20-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Locus of Control: Total.
Take now →Locus of Control (Rational Scale)
A 5-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Locus of Control (Rational Scale).
Take now →Need for Cognition
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Need for Cognition.
Take now →Need for Order and Cleanliness
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Need for Order and Cleanliness.
Take now →Optimism
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Optimism.
Take now →Private Self-Consciousness
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Private Self-Consciousness.
Take now →Public Self-Consciousness
A 12-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Public Self-Consciousness.
Take now →Self-Esteem
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Self-Esteem.
Take now →Self-Monitoring
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Self-Monitoring.
Take now →Physical Attractiveness (Rational Scale)
A 9-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Physical Attractiveness (Rational Scale).
Take now →Sensation-Seeking: Dangerous thrill-seeking
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Sensation-Seeking: Dangerous thrill-seeking.
Take now →Sensation-Seeking: Impulsive thrill-seeking
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Sensation-Seeking: Impulsive thrill-seeking.
Take now →Sensation-Seeking: Calculated thrill-seeking
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Sensation-Seeking: Calculated thrill-seeking.
Take now →Big-Five Factor Markers
A 50-item public-domain IPIP measure of the Big Five personality factors (10 markers per factor).
Take now →Big Five Aspect Scales
A 100-item public-domain IPIP measure of the ten aspects (two per Big Five domain) of the Five-Factor Model.
Take now →Defense Mechanism Questionnaire
A 30-item self-report measure of characteristic defense styles, organized into four factors — Mature, Neurotic, Immature (Action), and Immature (Disavowal). Built entirely from public-domain IPIP items mapped onto the established four-factor defense framework.
Take now →Ego Function Assessment
A 36-item self-report adaptation of Bellak's twelve ego functions, organized into four factors — Reality Contact, Drive/Affect Regulation, Object Relations & ARISE, and Autonomous Efficacy. Higher scores indicate stronger, more adaptive ego functioning. Built entirely from public-domain IPIP items.
Take now →Workplace Personality Profile
A 42-item profile of seven work-relevant personality dimensions — Adjustment, Ambition, Sociability, Interpersonal Sensitivity, Prudence, Inquisitiveness, and Learning Approach — built entirely from public-domain IPIP items. Non-diagnostic; describes typical dispositions relevant to work and collaboration.
Take now →Under-Pressure Personality Profile
A 44-item profile of eleven personality tendencies that can surface under stress or pressure — such as emotional reactivity, skepticism, caution, reserve, and boldness. Built from public-domain IPIP items. Non-diagnostic; describes everyday behavioral styles, not disorders or diagnoses.
Take now →Sixteen-Factor Personality Profile
A 48-item profile spanning sixteen primary trait factors — including warmth, reasoning, emotional stability, dominance, liveliness, and openness to change — built from public-domain IPIP items. Non-diagnostic; offers a broad multi-trait overview of personality.
Take now →PANAS — Right Now (State Affect)
The 20-item Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, framed as a state measure: read each word and indicate to what extent you feel this way right now, today, at the present moment. Ten words measure Positive Affect (e.g., enthusiasm, alertness, energy) and ten measure Negative Affect (e.g., distress, fear, irritability). Rate each from "Very slightly or not at all" to "Extremely."
Take now →PANAS — In General (Trait Affect)
The 20-item Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, framed as a trait measure: read each word and indicate to what extent you generally feel this way, on average, in your life. Ten words measure Positive Affect (e.g., enthusiasm, alertness, energy) and ten measure Negative Affect (e.g., distress, fear, irritability). Rate each from "Very slightly or not at all" to "Extremely."
Take now →Attachment Dimensions in Close Relationships
A 12-item measure of two core dimensions of adult attachment in close relationships: Attachment Anxiety (concern about abandonment and partner availability) and Attachment Avoidance (discomfort with closeness and emotional dependence). Scores place you in a two-dimensional space whose quadrants correspond to the Secure, Anxious-Preoccupied, Dismissive-Avoidant, and Fearful-Avoidant prototypes.
Take now →IPIP BIS/BAS behavioral inhibition and activation scales
A 36-item public-domain measure of temperament based on Gray's model: the Behavioral Inhibition System (Anxiety) and three Behavioral Activation System dimensions — Drive, Fun-seeking, and Reward Responsiveness.
Take now →IPIP-HEXACO Personality Inventory
A 240-item public-domain measure of the six HEXACO personality dimensions — Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience — across 24 facets (10 items each).
Take now →Self-Report: Personality & Traits
Mini-IPIP (Big Five, 20 items)
Validated short-form public-domain IPIP Big Five inventory. Five-factor scores in under five minutes with normative percentiles.
View measure → PersonalityIPIP-NEO-120 (Big Five facets)
Full 120-item IPIP representation of the NEO PI-R. Domain scores plus 30 facet subscales for fine-grained profiling.
View measure → PersonalityInterpersonal Circumplex (IPC-32)
The public-domain IPIP version of the Interpersonal Circumplex. Agency and communion across eight interpersonal octants, with angular position and extremity index.
View measure → AttachmentECR-SF (Attachment, 12 items)
Short-form Experiences in Close Relationships scale. Anxiety and avoidance dimensions with four-quadrant attachment classification.
View measure →Cognitive Performance
Stroop Color-Word Test
Three-block reaction-time paradigm: color naming, word reading, and incongruent interference. Millisecond timing via WebAssembly.
View measure → CognitiveLexical Decision Task (LDT)
Semantic memory and word recognition latency. Word/non-word discrimination with per-trial RT recording.
View measure → CognitiveWorking Memory — Visual Digit Span
Forward, Backward, and Sequencing visual digit span. Digits are shown one at a time and recalled on a tap grid; the span grows adaptively until you miss. Raw span, not norm-referenced.
View measure →Narrative & Projective
Picture Story Exercise (PSE)
Implicit motive assessment via narrative content analysis. Achievement, power, and affiliation motives scored deterministically — no AI, no manual coding.
View measure → PsychodynamicCCRT (Core Conflictual Relationship Theme)
Luborsky's method applied to relationship episodes. Wish, response-from-other, and response-of-self components extracted from narrative.
View measure →Wellbeing & Stress
PSS-10 — Perceived Stress Scale
10-item measure of how stressful life has felt over the past month. One of the most widely used instruments for assessing the perception of stress, with score bands from low to high.
View measure → ScreenerWHO-5 Well-Being Index
Brief 5-item screen of subjective psychological well-being over the past two weeks. A score of 50 or below on the 0–100 scale warrants follow-up screening for depression.
View measure → ScreenerK10 — Kessler Psychological Distress Scale
10-item non-specific psychological distress screen developed for WHO population surveys. Widely used in clinical and epidemiological settings worldwide.
View measure →For Clinicians — Administered via Patient Links
These clinical instruments aren't self-administered here. A clinician sends a patient a secure link to complete one, then reviews the scored result. Sign in to the clinician portal to administer them.
Perfectionism and Intrusive Thoughts
A 10-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Perfectionism and Intrusive Thoughts.
ADHD
A 12-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring ADHD.
Depression
A 22-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Depression.
Dissociation: Full Scale
A 31-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Dissociation: Full Scale.
Dissociation: Short Version
A 17-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Dissociation: Short Version.
Dissociation: Depersonalization
A 8-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Dissociation: Depersonalization.
Dissociation: Absorption
A 8-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Dissociation: Absorption.
Dissociation: Amnesia
A 5-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Dissociation: Amnesia.
Hypomanic traits: Exhibitionism
A 12-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Hypomanic traits: Exhibitionism.
Hypomanic traits: Mood intensity/change
A 12-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Hypomanic traits: Mood intensity/change.
Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms
A 11-item public-domain IPIP scale measuring Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms.
Patient Health Questionnaire-9
A 9-item self-report screener for the severity of depressive symptoms over the past two weeks. Public-domain instrument intended for use under clinician supervision.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7
A 7-item self-report screener for the severity of generalized anxiety symptoms over the past two weeks. Public-domain instrument intended for use under clinician supervision.
Dissociative Experiences Scale-II
A 28-item self-report measure of the frequency of dissociative experiences in daily life (rated as a percentage of the time). Public-domain instrument intended for use under clinician supervision.
Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
A 10-item World Health Organization screener for hazardous and harmful alcohol use over the past year. Each item has its own response anchors; the total is compared to published risk-zone thresholds. Intended for use under clinician supervision.
Drug Abuse Screening Test (10-Item)
A 10-item yes/no screener for problems related to drug use (other than alcohol) over the past 12 months. The total is compared to published problem-level thresholds. Intended for use under clinician supervision.
CAGE Alcohol Screening Questionnaire
A brief 4-item yes/no screener for clinically significant alcohol problems. The total is compared to the standard cutoff. Intended for use under clinician supervision.
SCOFF Eating Disorder Questionnaire
A brief 5-item yes/no screener for the core features of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. The total is compared to the standard cutoff. Intended for use under clinician supervision.
Eating Attitudes Screen (IPIP)
A 12-item clean-room screen of maladaptive eating attitudes and weight preoccupation, built from original public-domain items written in the IPIP style. It approximates the eating-attitudes construct without using any copyrighted item text. Intended for use under clinician supervision.
Obsessive-Compulsive Screen (IPIP)
A 12-item clean-room screen of obsessive-compulsive symptoms — checking, washing, ordering, and intrusive thoughts — built from original public-domain items written in the IPIP style. It is distinct from the IPIP Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms facet scale. Intended for use under clinician supervision.
Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1) — Screener
The 6-item Part A screener of the WHO Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS v1.1). For each item, indicate how often it has happened over the past 6 months. Responses falling in the significant-frequency (shaded) range are counted; four or more constitute a positive screen for adult ADHD. Intended for administration under clinician oversight.
Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS-25)
A 25-item retrospective self-report of childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity symptoms. Rate how you were AS A CHILD for each characteristic. Used as an aid in the retrospective diagnosis of childhood ADHD in adults; administer under clinician oversight.
PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5)
A 20-item self-report measure of the DSM-5 symptoms of PTSD. Considering a stressful experience, indicate how much you have been bothered by each problem in the past month. Provisional screen for probable PTSD; administer under clinician oversight.
Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21)
A 21-item self-report of the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress over the past week. Each 7-item subscale is summed and multiplied by 2 for comparability with DASS-42 norms, then mapped to severity bands. Administer under clinician oversight.
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)
A 10-item self-report screen for perinatal depression covering the past 7 days. Several items are reverse-scored; the per-item response options below already reflect the correct scoring. Any positive response to item 10 (self-harm) requires immediate clinical attention regardless of the total. Administer under clinician oversight.
Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)
A 13-item self-report screen for bipolar spectrum disorder, with two follow-up questions. For the symptom items, answer about whether there has ever been a period when you were not your usual self and the statement was true. A positive screen requires 7 or more symptoms endorsed, co-occurrence during the same period, and at least moderate functional impairment. Administer under clinician oversight.