HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How What Is My Giving Style? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
This test is based on research on giving and taking. Research at work finds that people differ in how much they give, trade, and take, and that the most successful givers also protect their own time and goals (Grant, 2013). Caring for others while neglecting yourself is linked with stress and worse health (Helgeson and Fritz, 1998). People also give differently in close relationships, based on need, than in trade-based ones (Clark and Mills, 1979). The four style names in this test are our own.
Part 1 has 24 sentences, six for each style. Each one gives 0 to 4 points to its style. Part 2 has 18 pairs of choices. Every style is paired with every other style three times, and the choice you pick gives 3.1 points to its style. Every style can earn the same total, so the scores compare fairly.
Each style score runs from 0 to 100. Your main style is your highest score. Most people use more than one style, so look at all four.
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 hire, fire, or judge people.
How you give can change with the person and the setting. You may give freely to family and keep things even at work. If two styles are close, you probably use both about equally.
This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.