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Behavioral Self-Regulation Style Test

With 28 questions and a six-minute completion time, the Behavioral Self-Regulation Style Test examines how you plan, persist, adapt to changing conditions, and evaluate your actions. Your result outlines patterns in conscious behavior regulation, helping you reflect on goal pursuit, organization, flexibility, and responses to demanding situations.

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How the Scales are Structured

PersistenceP

Assesses perseverance and determination in pursuing and completing a chosen goal despite difficulties.

example score3/5

3/5Moderate persistenceexample score

1 – 2.9Low persistence

3 – 4.5Moderate persistence

4.6 – 5High persistence

A score of 3 indicates moderate persistence, suggesting you generally keep moving toward goals but may lose momentum when obstacles or prolonged effort accumulate.

ReliabilityR

Measures how stable and consistent a person’s conscious self-regulation remains during complex, psychologically stressful situations.

example score3/5

3/5Moderateexample score

1 – 1.7Low

1.8 – 3.6Moderate

3.7 – 5High

A score of 3 indicates a moderate level of reliability, suggesting generally stable self-regulation with some variability under higher stress or complexity.

FlexibilityF

Flexibility reflects how well a person can adjust their self-regulation (plans, actions, and criteria) when internal or external conditions change.

example score3/5

3/5Moderate flexibilityexample score

1 – 2.9Low flexibility

3 – 4.4Moderate flexibility

4.5 – 5High flexibility

A score of 3 indicates moderate flexibility, suggesting the person can adapt their approach to changes but may not do so consistently across situations.

Evaluation of ResultsEoR

Measures how accurately and adequately a person evaluates their actions and the outcomes of their behavior and activities.

example score2/5

2/5Limited evaluationexample score

1 – 2Limited evaluation

2.1 – 4Developing evaluation

4.1 – 5Strong evaluation

A score of 2 suggests limited outcome evaluation, with a tendency to miss or underuse feedback when judging results and adjusting behavior.

Action ProgrammingAP

Measures how deliberately and systematically a person builds step-by-step methods and algorithms for their actions.

example score3/5

3/5Moderate structureexample score

1 – 2.9Low structure

3 – 4.6Moderate structure

4.7 – 5High structure

A score of 3 indicates a moderate tendency to plan actions with some structure, while still relying on flexibility and situational adjustment.

Modeling of Goal-Relevant ConditionsMoGRC

Assesses how well a person identifies and anticipates the key internal and external conditions that can influence achieving their goals.

example score3/5

3/5Adequate modelingexample score

1 – 2.9Limited modeling

3 – 4.4Adequate modeling

4.5 – 5Strong modeling

A score of 3 indicates an adequate ability to consider relevant conditions for goal achievement, though some important factors may still be overlooked in complex situations.

Goal PlanningGP

Measures how a person typically sets goals and plans steps to achieve them in everyday activity.

example score3/5

3/5Balanced planningexample score

1 – 2.3Limited planning

2.4 – 4.3Balanced planning

4.4 – 5Highly structured planning

A score of 3 falls in the Balanced planning range, suggesting generally adequate goal setting and planning with some room to make plans more consistent or detailed when needed.

Overall Level of Self-RegulationOLoSR

This scale reflects how well developed a person’s overall system of conscious self-regulation is for guiding behavior across situations.

example score3/5

3/5Moderateexample score

1 – 2.8Low

2.9 – 3.9Moderate

4 – 5High

A score of 3 indicates a moderate overall level of self-regulation, suggesting generally adequate conscious control of behavior with room to strengthen consistency across goal setting, planning, and adjustment.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Students and exam takers

38%OF USERS

They use it to see how well they set goals, plan study routines, and adjust strategies when results don’t match expectations.

Coaching and therapy clients

34%OF USERS

They take it to understand their self-control patterns and identify practical focus areas for habit change and stress resilience.

Managers and team leads

28%OF USERS

They use it to spot strengths and gaps in planning, forecasting obstacles, executing plans, and reviewing outcomes to improve performance.

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

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See How You Compare

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.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

PersistenceP

You?

Average3.3

Typical rangeTypical2.6 – 4

Possible1 – 5

ReliabilityR

You?

Average2.9

Typical rangeTypical2.3 – 3.5

Possible1 – 5

FlexibilityF

You?

Average3.8

Typical rangeTypical3.2 – 4.5

Possible1 – 5

Evaluating ResultsER

You?

Average2.2

Typical rangeTypical1.5 – 2.9

Possible1 – 5

Programming ActionsPA

You?

Average2.7

Typical rangeTypical2.1 – 3.2

Possible1 – 5

Modeling ConditionsMC

You?

Average3.8

Typical rangeTypical3.1 – 4.4

Possible1 – 5

Goal PlanningGP

You?

Average3.6

Typical rangeTypical3 – 4.1

Possible1 – 5

Overall level of self-regulationOlos

You?

Average3.9

Typical rangeTypical3.3 – 4.5

Possible1 – 5

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

You are presented with a series of statements about individual characteristics of human behavior. After reading each statement in sequence, determine whether it is characteristic of you and select one of the five available response options. Please note that there are no “good” or “bad” answers, as this is not an evaluation but only an assessment of individual characteristics.

- Not true
- Probably not true
- Not sure
- Probably true
- True
- Not true
- Probably not true
- Not sure
- Probably true
- True
- False
- Probably false
- Not sure
- Probably true
- True

These are 3 of the 28 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Behavioral Self-Regulation Style Test - Description and methodology of the test

self-regulation

For readers who want to understand how they organize effort, respond to pressure, and adjust their behavior, the Behavioral Self-Regulation Style Test offers a structured personal profile. It can clarify strengths and possible friction points in goal pursuit, planning, persistence, and self-evaluation. As a self-regulation assessment, it is most useful for reflective learning and everyday behavior review.

What This Assessment Explores

This behavioral self-regulation profile covers planning, persistence, adaptation, monitoring, and appraisal. Its dimensions of conscious regulation are:

Persistence (1-5) shows perseverance: Low persistence 1-2.9; Moderate persistence 3-4.5; High persistence 4.6-5.
Reliability (1-5) shows stable performance under stress: Low 1-1.7; Moderate 1.8-3.6; High 3.7-5.
Flexibility (1-5) shows adjustment: Low flexibility 1-2.9; Moderate flexibility 3-4.4; High flexibility 4.5-5.
Evaluation of Results (1-5) shows appraisal: Limited evaluation 1-2; Developing evaluation 2.1-4; Strong evaluation 4.1-5.
Action Programming (1-5) shows sequencing: Low structure 1-2.9; Moderate structure 3-4.6; High structure 4.7-5.
Modeling of Goal-Relevant Conditions (1-5) shows awareness of relevant conditions: Limited modeling 1-2.9; Adequate modeling 3-4.4; Strong modeling 4.5-5.
Goal Planning (1-5) shows goal-setting style: Limited planning 1-2.3; Balanced planning 2.4-4.3; Highly structured planning 4.4-5.
Overall Level of Self-Regulation (1-5) shows conscious regulation: Low 1-2.8; Moderate 2.9-3.9; High 4-5.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Items are first-person statements about planning, reviewing progress, noticing conditions, changing strategies, working under emotion, and persisting toward results. As a self-regulation style questionnaire, it uses five ordered options, usually from Not true to True, so respondents express degree rather than choose only yes or no.

Scoring presents results on 1-5 dimensions and an overall profile. Because no separate point-conversion formula is stated, interpretation should follow the displayed bands rather than inferred item weights.

Conceptually, the questionnaire is consistent with SRPQM 2020 (Morosanova & Kondratyuk, 2020), which treats conscious regulation as a connected system for representing conditions, structuring action, evaluating outcomes, adapting, and maintaining performance. Morosanova’s 2021 framework and Morosanova and Bondarenko’s 2015 diagnostic approach provide additional theoretical context.

However, this online version is not presented as a standardized adaptation of SRPQM 2020 or a population-normed clinical measure; self-report results may vary with mood, self-awareness, and the situation the respondent has in mind, so they are best read as a structured snapshot.

Author: Roy F. Baumeister

Literature:

Morosanova, V. I., and Kondratyuk, N. G. (2020). V. I. Morosanova’s Self-Regulation Profile Questionnaire-SRPQM 2020. Questions of Psychology, 66(4), 155-167. (In Russian.)
Morosanova, V. I. (2021). Conscious Self-Regulation as a Metaresource for Achieving Goals and Solving Problems of Human Activity. Moscow University Psychology Bulletin, 44(1), 3-37. 10.11621/vsp.2021.01.01. (In Russian.)
Morosanova, V. I., and Bondarenko, I. N. (2015). Diagnostics of Human Self-Regulation. Moscow: Kogito-Tsentr. (In Russian.)

Updated: 2025-10-02

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