Interactional Personality Dependence Assessment Test

How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
See How You Compare
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- 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
Interactional Personality Dependence Assessment Test - Description and methodology of the test
People considering whether their need for closeness affects autonomy, decisions, or conflict patterns may use the Interactional Personality Dependence Assessment Test as a structured self-reflection exercise. This relationship dependence assessment focuses on recurring interpersonal and romantic situations rather than isolated moods. It helps readers notice how strongly approval, guidance, separation, and attachment may shape choices and expectations.
What This Assessment Measures
The questionnaire examines dependence in close and romantic relationships. Items address yielding to others, criticism sensitivity, separation discomfort, contact needs, ambivalent feelings, and conflict. This interpersonal dependence test supports reflection on autonomy, approval, reactivity, and attachment intensity.
The result contains two dimensions:
- Dependence on People and Relationships (9-63) measures an obsessive need for a particular relationship and a tendency to be led by significant others, which may limit autonomy and strain relationships; Low dependence 9-28, Moderate dependence 29-42, and High dependence 43-63.
- Love Dependence (9-63) measures compulsive romantic attachment, including pursuit of an unavailable or rejecting partner, neglect of personal needs, and a need for unconditional acceptance; elevated dependence can interfere with social functioning and may be associated with jealousy or aggression; Low 9-28, Moderate 29-42, and High 43-63.
Together, the bands show how prominent each pattern is, not why it occurs.
Methodology and Evidence Base
Each statement uses seven ordered choices, moving from complete disagreement to complete agreement, with slight wording differences across items. Respondents rate familiar thoughts, feelings, and behaviors rather than select a diagnostic category. Separate scores distinguish interpersonal reliance from romantic attachment.
The result reports separate scores for the two dimensions and assigns each score to the displayed band. The profile shows how prominent a pattern is in the answers, but it cannot explain its causes or indicate whether it is temporary or longstanding.
The related ODA-2010 instrument provides a conceptual comparison concerning addictive behavior and psychodiagnostic practice. This questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that work, not an adaptation of it. That relationship supports conceptual comparison only; it does not establish reliability, validity, or standardization for this exact online form.
The questionnaire organizes reflection on attachment and autonomy. This love dependence assessment can help readers examine how current relationships, self-awareness, and recent conflict shape responses; the displayed bands are result categories supplied for this questionnaire and are not presented as validated clinical cutoffs.
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