This page contains information on a range of measures (psychometric tests) freely available to psychology students, and the formats in which they are available. Please note this is a guide only and is not intended to be a definitive list. You are strongly  encouraged to read the academic papers that accompany the tests and read around these to make sure the test is right for your purposes.

Your choice of measure should be discussed with your supervisor. Your supervisor must approve the measures you intend to use before you use them to collect data. If the questionnaire you need is accessible only by contacting the author, you must check with your supervisor before doing so.  At the end of the page are links to other databases that contain many more measures if you can’t find what you are looking for here.

Links will take you direct to online resources. Please remember to reference these correctly if you use them. If you need advice, get in touch with your supervisor or contact the psychology technicians.

Where tests are marked with an asterisk (*) these are paper copies subject to copyright and held in the psychology lab store – if you would like to use any of these you will need to get approval from your supervisor.

If you would like to use a published test not on this list, or would like to add a test to the list, please contact a psychology technician.

It appears that someone else has bought the MIDSS domain, so all the surveys on this website now direct to a wrong page. If you’re trying to access a survey and are redirected to a MIDSS website, use the link in the Background information column instead. This usually contains a scale-development paper, which often has the questionnaire items listed in a table. We’ll update the MIDSS links as soon as we get the chance. 

 

Topic	Scale	Background information
Activism	Activism Orientation Scale	Activism Orientation Scale background info
Anger	Clinical Anger Scale	Clinical Anger Scale background info
Anxiety	Spielberg State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – copy available from the Psychology Lab.	Spielberg Anxiety Inventory background info
Attitudes towards self	Attitudes Towards Self Questionnaire	Attitudes Towards Self Questionnaire background info
Attraction tactics	Male Attraction Tactics Questionnaire	Male Attraction Tactics background info
Belief in good luck	Belief in Good Luck Questionnaire (see pages 494 – 495 for questionnaire items)	Belief in Good Luck Questionnaire background info
Belonging	Need to Belong Scale	Need to Belong Scale background info
Big 5 personality traits	Big Five Inventory – Please contact the Lab for a paper copy of the Questionnaire.	Big Five Inventory background info  – Please contact the Lab for a paper copy of the Questionnaire.
Body Anxiety	Social Physique Anxiety Scale	Social Physique Anxiety Scale background info
Body Attitudes (men)	Male Body Attitudes Scale  (click ‘Download PDF’ and see page 164 for questionnaire items).	Male Body Attitudes Scale background info
Body Awareness	Body Awareness Questionnaire (click ‘PDF Full Text’ and see page 805 for questionnaire items)	Body Awareness Questionnaire background info
Body Esteem	Body Esteem Questionnaire (men and women) – the scale is freely available but you will need to e-mail the authors. Please check with your supervisor before doing so.	Body Esteem Questionnaire background info
Body Shape	Body Shape Questionnaire (men and women)	Body Shape Questionnaire background info
Coping Style	Coping Style Questionnaire for Social Situations	Coping Style Questionnaire background info
Curiosity	Curiosity and Exploration Styles Inventory	Curiosity and Exploration background info
Depression	University Students Depression Inventory (click ‘Download PDF’ and see page 164 for questionnaire items).	University Students Depression Inventory background info
Depression, Anxiety, and Stress	Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale Short version (DASS 21) Long version (DASS 42)	DASS 21 background info;  DASS 42 background info
Dieting	Dieting Beliefs Scale (click ‘PDF Full Text’ and see page 195 for questionnaire items)	Dieting Beliefs Scale background info
Disagreement	Tolerance of Disagreement Scale	Tolerance of Disagreement Scale background info
Eating	Eating Attitudes Test	Eating Attitudes Test background info
Emotional Intelligence	Emotional Intelligence Scale (see page 172 for the questionnaire items)	Emotional Intelligence Scale background info
Emotional intensity	Affect Intensity Measure 20 items Affect Intensity Measure 40 items	Affect Intensity Measure background info
Empathy	Toronto Empathy Questionnaire	Empathy Questionnaire background info
Environment	ALPHA Measure for Environmental Perceptions	Measure for Environmental Perceptions background info
Environment	Environmental Attitudes (see page 20 for the questionnaire items)	Environmental attitudes background info
Ethical Position	Ethics Position Questionnaire	Ethics Position Questionnaire background info
Facebook Use	Facebook Use Intensity Scale	Facebook Use Intensity Scale background info
Family Distress	Brief Family Distress Scale	Family Distress Scale
Family Life	Satisfaction with Family Life Scale (see Table 1 for questionnaire items)	Satisfaction with family life scale background info
Fear of being found out	Imposterism Scale	Imposterism Scale background info
Flourishing	Flourishing Scale	Flourishing Scale background info
Friendship	Friendship Questionnaire (see Appendix for questionnaire items)	Friendship Questionnaire background info
Friendship	Costs and Benefits of Friendship Questionnaire	Costs and benefits of friendships background info
Friendship	McGill Friendship Questionnaire – Respondent’s Affection	McGill Friendship Questionnaire background info
Future Consequences	Consideration of Future Consequences Scale	Consideration for Future Consequences background info
Food Preoccupation	Food Preoccupation Questionnaire – Survey Link Currently Unavailable	Food Preoccupation Questionnaire background information
Gratitude	Gratitude Questionnaire	Gratitude Questionnaire background info
Happiness	Subjective Happiness Scale (see Appendix for the scale items)	Subjective Happiness Scale background info
Homophobia	Homophobia Scale	Homophobia Scale background info
Identity	Aspects of Identity Questionnaire	Aspects of Identity Questionnaire background info
Jealousy (infidelity)	Jealousy Instrument	Jealousy Instrument background info
Job Satisfaction	Work Locus of Control Scale (see Appendix for the questionnaire items)	Work Locus of Control Scale background info
LGBT Human Rights Support	Support for Lesbian and Gay Human Rights Scale	Support for LG Human Rights Scale background info
LGBT identity	Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity Scale	LGB Identity Scale background info
Likability	Reysen Likability Scale	Reysen Likability Scale background info
Love and Breaking up	Love Schemas Scale	Love Schemas Scale background info
Love attitudes	Love Attitudes Scale: Short form	Love Attitudes Scale background info
Meaning of Life	Meaning of Life Questionnaire	Meaning of Life Questionnaire background info
Mood	Brief Mood Introspection Scale	Brief Mood Introspection Scale background info
Music Preferences	Short Test of Music Preference	Test of Music preference background info
Nature	Connectedness to Nature Scale (see Appendix on page 513 for the questionnaire items)	Connectedness to Nature background info
Narcissism	Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale	Hypersensitive Narcissism Scale background info
Optimism	Life Orientation Test – Revised	Life Orientation Test background info
Pain	See this journal article assessing 7 measures to assess pain
Panic Attacks	Panic Attack Questionnaire	Panic Attack Questionnaire background info
Passionate Love	Passionate Love Scale	Passionate Love Scale background info
Personal Development	Personal Growth Initiative Scale	Personal Growth Initiative Scale background info
Physical Activity and Sport Anxiety	Physical Activity and Sport Anxiety Scale	Physical Activity and Sport Anxiety background info
Pregnancy Experience	Pregnancy Experience Scale	Pregnancy Experience Scale background info
PTSD	Trauma Screening Questionnaire (see Appendix for questionnaire items)	Trauma Screening Questionnaire background info
Purpose in Life	Life Engagement Test	Life Engagement Test background info
Quality of Life	Global Quality of Life Scale	Global Quality of Life Scale background info
Racism	Overview of 34 measures to assess racism
Relationships	Friendship and Relationship Quotient Questionnaire	Friendship and Relationship Quotient Questionnaire background info
Religious Commitment	Religious Commitment Inventory	Religious Commitment Inventory background info
Repetitive Thinking	Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire	Repetitive Thinking Questionnaire background info
Rorschach Inkblot Test	The lab has an original copy of the Rorschach Inkblot test and interpretation manual. Contact the technicians for more info.
Satisfaction with Life	Satisfaction with Life Scale (see Table 1 for questionnaire items)	Satisfaction with Life Scale background info
Self-Consciousness	Self Consciousness Scale Revised	Self Consciousness Scale background info
Self-Criticism	Attitudes to Self Questionnaire	Attitudes to Self Questionnaire background info
Self-Esteem	Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale	Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale background info
Self-Esteem	Collective Self-Esteem Scale	Collective Self-Esteem Scale background info
Self-Portrayal	Negative Self-Portrayal Scale	Negative Self-Portrayal scale background info
Separation Anxiety	Adult Separation Anxiety Tool	Adult Separation Anxiety Tool background info
Sexual Attitudes	Brief Sexual Attitudes Scale	Brief Sexual Attitudes Scale background info
Sexual Desire	Sexual Desire Inventory	Sexual Desire Inventory background info
Sexual Likes and Dislikes	Sexual Self-Disclosure Questionnaire	Sexual Self-Disclosure Questionnaire background info
Shyness	Shyness Scale	Shyness Scale background info
Sleep-related worry	Anxiety and Preoccupation about Sleep Questionnaire	Anxiety and Preoccupation about Sleep Questionnaire background info
Social Anxiety	Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults	Social Anxiety Questionnaire for Adults background info
Social Phobia	Social Phobia Inventory	Social Phobia Inventory background info
Social Phobia and Anxiety	Printed copies of MHS Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory and the manual are available from the Psychology Lab. Contact the technicians for more info.
Social Support	Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (see Table 1 on page 35 for questionnaire items)	Perceived social support scale background info
Social Support	Social Support Inventory (see table 9 on page 408 for questionnaire items.)	Social Support Inventory background info
Spiritual Connections	Spiritual Connection Questionnaire	Spiritual Connection Questionnaire background info
Sport	Sport Emotion Questionnaire	Sport Emotion Questionnaire background info
Stress	Perceived Stress Scale	Perceived Stress Scale background info
Stress and PTSD	Impact of Events Scale	Impact of events Scale background info
Systematising	Systematising Quotient (scroll down on the linked webpage to find this scale)	Systematising Quotient background info
Teasing	Perception of Teasing Scale (see appendix for scale items)	Perception of Teasing Scale background info
Temptations to Drink	Temptations to Drink Instrument	Temptations to Drink Instrument background info
Violence	Attitudes Towards Dating Violence Questionnaire	Attitudes Towards Dating Violence background info
Worry	Penn State Worry Questionnaire	Penn State Worry Questionnaire background info

Other databases of measures:

If you can’t find what you’re looking for in the list above, these websites also contain a wealth of free, validated measures:

• Autism – The Autism Research Centre has a wide range of freely available tests related to autism and aspergers syndrome in children and adults.
• Drug/alcohol related – The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction maintains the Evaluation Instruments Bank (EIB) which is an online archive of freely available instruments for evaluating drug-related interventions. This also includes wellbeing/self esteem instruments.
• Health psychology -The Falmer library has a paper copy of “Measures in health psychology: a user’s portfolio” which contains a number of measures under the following themes: pain and pain behaviours, stress, emotion and life events, coping, social support, health status and health related quality of life, illness, symptoms, disability and recovery, expectations and experience of healthcare, individual and demographic differences, causal and control beliefs, beliefs and knowledge about health and illness and health-related behaviour.
• More Social Science – Many of the measures in the list above come from the Measurement Instrument Database for the Social Sciences (MIDSS). This contains over 500 free tests for collecting data from across the social sciences on a wide range of topics (e.g. autism, health, pain). If you can’t see what you would like in the list above you would do well to search the MIDSS more fully.
• Psychological tests for student use – York University has a selection of free measures.
• Psychotherapy – A good website for free psychotherapy worksheets, with many free worksheets on depression, anxiety, anger management, stress reduction, self-esteem, groups, individuals, couples, adults, teens, children, CBT, DBT, ACT, PTSD, OCD, BPD.
• Open Psychmetrics – a collection of personality measures, including the Big 5 and the Dark Triad questionnaires.
• Psychology Tools – a collection of measures of addiction, ADHD, aggression, anxiety, autism spectrum, bipolar, depression, easting disorders, OCD and personality.

Looking to do a perception or cognition experiment? The lab can offer software PsyCog, which contains a number of freely available, ready built psychology experiments and demonstrations including:

• Vision: visual angle, colour perception, brightness and contrast, motion, depth, size, fading;
• Hearing: pitch, localisation;
• Language: categorical perception, Stroop effect (we also have a version of the Stroop task which you customise to the needs of your study)
• Attention: visual search, change blindness, interference
• Learning and memory: iconic memory, scanning of short term memory, implicit learning, eye-witness testimony
• Cognition: mental rotation

Got something more specific in mind? You can built an entire experiment from scratch with our SuperLab software and we’d be more than happy to help. Get in touch to find out more.

If you find any of the measures on these or other sites useful please let a psychology technician know, so they can add them to the list.