Authenticity Scale Test

In about 3 minutes, discover how true you are to yourself across self-awareness, personal responsibility, and living your values. Get clear, actionable insight fast to build confidence and resilience.

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Questions: 123 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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Psychologist with 25 years of experience

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How the Scales are Structured

example score

26/28

Authentic Living (AL)

Measures how consistently you live in line with your own beliefs and desires rather than external pressures.

Low alignment

High alignment

4 – 19: Low alignment | 20 – 28: High alignment

A score of 26 falls in the High alignment range, suggesting you typically act in ways that reflect your personal values and preferences.

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11/28

Acceptance of External Influence (AoEI)

Measures how strongly you tend to accept others’ opinions and pressures when making decisions and acting.

Low external influence

Moderate to high external influence

4 – 11: Low external influence | 12 – 28: Moderate to high external influence

A score of 11 falls in the low external influence range, suggesting you generally maintain personal sovereignty and are less likely to be swayed by others.

example score

20/28

Self-Alienation (SA)

Self-alienation measures how disconnected you feel from your own feelings, motives, and inner values, with higher scores indicating less self-awareness.

Low

High

4 – 11: Low | 12 – 28: High

A score of 20 falls in the High range, suggesting a stronger sense of disconnection from your inner experiences and a potential need to explore your feelings and motives more deeply.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People at a crossroads

41%OF USERS

They’re facing a big choice in work or relationships and want to check whether their decisions match their real values.

Personal growth seekers

34%OF USERS

They use self-reflection tools to understand their motives, build confidence, and live more consistently with who they are.

Clients in coaching or therapy

25%OF USERS

They take the test as part of psychological work to spot where they people-please, lose self-connection, or avoid responsibility.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Authentic Life (AL)

Average

10.8

Normal range

6.6 — 15

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Acceptance of External Influence (AoEI)

Average

Normal range

10.6 — 17.4

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Self-alienation (S)

Average

Normal range

17.6 — 24.5

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Not at all like me
- Mostly unlike me
- Somewhat unlike me
- Neither like me nor unlike me
- Somewhat like me
- Mostly like me
- Describes me very accurately
- Does not apply to me at all
- Mostly not like me
- Rather not like me
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat like me
- Mostly like me
- Describes me very accurately
- Does not apply to me at all
- Mostly not like me
- Somewhat not like me
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat like me
- Mostly like me
- Describes me very accurately

These are 3 of the 12 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Authenticity Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This self-report measure is designed to assess perceived personal authenticity and related patterns of self-functioning. The Authenticity Scale provides a brief snapshot of how individuals experience alignment between internal states and outward behavior.

The instrument includes 12 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. It is commonly used in clinical and research settings to support case conceptualization and to monitor change over time. Content coverage generally reflects self-awareness, personal responsibility, and consistency between values and actions.

The Authenticity Scale was developed by Brian M. Goldman. Results should be interpreted in context of the referral question and other assessment data, and are not intended to serve as a standalone diagnostic indicator.

Author: Brian M. Goldman, Michael H. Kernis

Literature: Kernis, M. H., & Goldman, B. M. A multicomponent conceptualization of authenticity: Theory and research. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. 2006.; Wood, A. M., Linley, P. A., Maltby, J., Baliousis, M., & Joseph, S. The authentic personality: A theoretical and empirical conceptualization and the development of the Authenticity Scale. Journal of Counseling Psychology. 2008.