HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How Am I a People Pleaser? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
People pleasing is not a medical diagnosis. It is a common name for a set of habits that researchers study under other names. These include caring for others while leaving yourself out, called "unmitigated communion" (Helgeson and Fritz, 1998), "silencing the self" (Jack and Dill, 1992), fear of what others think (Leary, 1983), and giving in during conflict (Rahim, 1983).
This test looks at five areas: needing approval, trouble saying no, avoiding conflict, putting yourself last, and feeling responsible for others. Each area has eight sentences. Half describe the habit 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, and it cannot tell you if you have a mental health condition. Do not use it to make health, work, or legal decisions about anyone.
People tend to answer in ways that make them look good, and the sentences about the opposite habit can sound nicer. That may make some scores a little lower than they really are.
Your answers can change with your mood and what is going on in your life. This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.