HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How Do I Have Healthy Boundaries? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
"Boundaries" is not a medical term. It is a common name for the limits we set to protect our time, energy, feelings, and space. Research supports several of the ideas behind it, like the value of saying no and speaking up for yourself, how feelings spread from person to person (Hatfield, Cacioppo, and Rapson, 1993), and how people keep work from taking over the rest of life (Kreiner, Hollensbe, and Sheep, 2009).
This test looks at five areas: saying no, protecting your time, emotional space, privacy and personal space, and respecting others' boundaries. Each area has eight sentences. Half describe the skill 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, and a higher score means stronger, healthier boundaries. 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, and it cannot tell you whether a relationship is safe. Do not use it to make legal, health, or work decisions about anyone.
Boundaries also depend on your culture, family, and situation. What feels right for you may be different for someone else.
This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.