HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How Am I Self-Centered? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
"Self-centered" is not a diagnosis. It is a common word for focusing on yourself more than on others. Research on conversations shows that turning talks back to yourself can make others feel unheard (Vangelisti, Knapp, and Daly, 1990), while asking questions helps people like each other more (Huang and others, 2017). Seeing things from others' point of view is linked to stronger relationships (Davis, 1983).
This test looks at five areas: talking about yourself, half-listening, taking more than giving, missing other views, and planning around yourself. 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. Do not use it to label yourself or anyone else.
People tend to answer in ways that make them look good. Asking someone close to you how they see you can help.
This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.