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Interactional Personality Dependence Assessment Test

Understand how much you rely on relationships and others’ opinions in just 4 minutes. Get clear, practical results to support healthier boundaries and greater independence.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

42/63

Dependence on People and Relationships (DoPaR)

Measures how strongly a person relies on others’ attention, approval, and relationship closeness, sometimes at the expense of autonomy and boundaries.

Low dependence

Moderate dependence

High dependence

9 – 28: Low dependence | 29 – 42: Moderate dependence | 43 – 63: High dependence

A score of 42 indicates moderate dependence, suggesting a noticeable reliance on relationships and others’ opinions that may sometimes shape choices or boundaries.

example score

34/63

Love Dependence (LD)

Measures the extent to which a person shows compulsive reliance on romantic attachment and approval, even when the partner is unavailable or rejecting.

Low

Moderate

High

9 – 28: Low | 29 – 42: Moderate | 43 – 63: High

A score of 34 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a noticeable tendency to prioritize the relationship and seek reassurance, while still retaining some capacity for autonomy.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Relationship reassurance seekers

41%OF USERS

People who often worry about being abandoned or not loved and want to understand how much they rely on a partner’s attention and approval.

Boundary-building self improvers

34%OF USERS

People working on healthier boundaries who notice they overadapt to others’ opinions and want a quick check of their dependence patterns.

Counseling and coaching clients

25%OF USERS

People in therapy or coaching who take the questionnaire to clarify the degree and context of social or romantic dependency for targeted work.

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

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Dependence on People and Relationships (DoPaR)

Average

45.1

Normal range

37.1 — 53.1

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Love Addiction (LA)

Average

45.8

Normal range

37.4 — 54.1

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

This questionnaire presents statements describing a person’s condition, behavior, and attitudes toward various phenomena. Please rate the extent to which these characteristics apply to you, considering not only today but a longer period of time. Do not attempt to “improve” or “worsen” your responses, as this will lead to invalid results; the instrument is designed to detect response distortion and insincere answering. Indicate your level of agreement with each statement using the seven-point scale.

- Completely disagree
- Agree to a small extent
- Somewhat agree
- Agree moderately
- Agree more than moderately
- Almost completely agree
- Completely agree
- Completely disagree
- Agree to a small extent
- Agree about halfway
- Agree halfway
- Agree more than halfway
- Agree almost completely
- Agree completely
- Completely disagree
- Agree to a small extent
- Agree almost halfway
- Agree halfway
- Agree more than halfway
- Agree almost completely
- Completely agree

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Definition of Interactional Dependence of Personality Test

Interactional Personality Dependence Assessment Test - Symptoms and Signs

addiction

love addiction

This brief self-report measure is designed to screen for interpersonal dependence themes relevant to clinical formulation. The Interactional Personality Dependence Assessment focuses on reliance on others for approval, attention, and emotional support within social and romantic contexts.

It consists of 18 items and typically requires about 4 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to endorse statements about behaviors and emotional reactions in relationships; results are intended to support case conceptualization and discussion of relational patterns rather than provide a standalone diagnosis.

The Interactional Personality Dependence Assessment is attributed to Sidney J. Blatt and may be used as an adjunct to broader assessment when evaluating dependency-related concerns, including boundary difficulties and relationship-based preoccupations.

Author: Sidney J. Blatt

Literature: Kelley, H. H., Berscheid, E., Christensen, A., Harvey, J. H., Huston, T. L., Levinger, G., McClintock, E., Peplau, L. A., & Peterson, D. R. Close relationships. W. H. Freeman. 1983.