Psychology Tests

Free, validated tests — repeated every 6 months to track consistency

Scientific Foundation

peer-reviewed

These assessments are based on established, freely available instruments from academic personality research, used in thousands of peer-reviewed studies worldwide.

Big Five Personality Test (IPIP-50)

Goldberg, L. R. (1992). The development of markers for the Big-Five factor structure. Psychological Assessment, 4(1), 26–42.DOI

Goldberg, L. R. (1999). A broad-bandwidth, public domain, personality inventory measuring the lower-level facets of several five-factor models. Personality Psychology in Europe, 7, 7–28.ipip.ori.org

Attachment Style Assessment (ECR-12)

Brennan, K. A., Clark, C. L., & Shaver, P. R. (1998). Self-report measurement of adult attachment. In J. A. Simpson & W. S. Rholes (Eds.), Attachment theory and close relationships, pp. 46–76. Guilford Press.

Bartholomew, K., & Horowitz, L. M. (1991). Attachment styles among young adults: A test of a four-category model. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61(2), 226–244.DOI

Lafontaine, M. F., Brassard, A., Lussier, Y., Valois, P., Shaver, P. R., & Johnson, S. M. (2016). Selecting the best items for a short-form of the Experiences in Close Relationships questionnaire. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 32(2), 140–154.DOI

Schwartz-Werte (PVQ-21)

Schwartz, S. H. (1992). Universals in the content and structure of values: Theoretical advances and empirical tests in 20 countries. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 25, 1–65.DOI

Schwartz, S. H. (2003). A proposal for measuring value orientations across nations. European Social Survey (ESS) Core Questionnaire Development, Human Values Scale, PVQ-21.

Beziehungsziele (angelehnt an die Marital Goal Scale)

Li, T. et al. (2020). Marital Goal Scale. Adaptierte Kurzskala für SoulMetrics — keine offiziell validierte Übersetzung des Originalinstruments, 3 Subskalen: Intimität, persönliches Wachstum, instrumentell.

Lebensplanung

SoulMetrics (2026). Fünf Einzelaussagen zu Kinderwunsch, Heirat, Zusammenwohnen, Umzug und Tempo. Eigene Formulierung, kein validiertes Instrument, Beschreibend, nicht Teil des Scores.

Dominanz und Wärme (IPIP-IPC)

Markey, P. M., & Markey, C. N. (2009). A brief assessment of the interpersonal circumplex: The IPIP-IPC. Assessment, 16(4), 352–361. Items aus dem gemeinfreien IPIP, von uns ins Deutsche übertragen.DOI

Dark Triad (SD3)

Jones, D. N., & Paulhus, D. L. (2014). Introducing the short dark triad (SD3): A brief measure of dark personality traits. Assessment, 21(1), 28–41.DOI