HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How Do I Have Commitment Issues? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
"Commitment issues" is not a medical term. It is a common name for finding it hard to commit in relationships. Research shows that commitment grows with satisfaction, investment, and how good other options seem (Rusbult, Martz, and Agnew, 1998). Research on attachment avoidance describes the urge to keep distance as relationships deepen (Brennan, Clark, and Shaver, 1998), and research on choice shows that always searching for the best option can lower happiness (Schwartz and others, 2002).
This test looks at five areas: fear of losing freedom, keeping options open, cold feet, avoiding the future, and fear of choosing wrong. Each area has eight sentences. Half describe commitment worries and half describe the opposite, so you cannot get a high score just by agreeing with everything. Each answer gives 0 to 4 points.
Each area score runs from 0 to 100. Your overall score is the average of the five areas. Scores are read as Low (0 to 33), Medium (34 to 66), or High (67 to 100). These levels show how you answered. They do not compare you with other people.
PersonalitySite.com wrote all of these questions and descriptions. They are not copied from any other test.
What it cannot tell you
This test is for learning about yourself. It is not a diagnosis. Do not use it to label a partner or anyone else.
Not wanting to commit can be a healthy choice, and your answers may reflect one relationship more than others. If you are not in a relationship, answer for how you usually feel.
This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.