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Working Women’s Role Conflict Severity Scale Test

Understand how work and family demands collide for you in about 4 minutes. Get a clear snapshot of key stress points to guide practical steps for better balance.

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Questions: 194 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

2/4

Scale 3 (S3)

This scale measures the degree to which a husband disapproves of his wife's professional activities.

Low disapproval

High disapproval

1 – 2: Low disapproval | 2.1 – 4: High disapproval

A score of 2 indicates low disapproval, suggesting the husband is generally accepting of the wife's professional activities with minimal tension related to this factor.

example score

3/4

Scale 2 (S2)

Measures the extent to which a working woman experiences guilt toward her family due to her professional employment.

Low guilt

High guilt

1 – 2: Low guilt | 3 – 4: High guilt

A score of 3 indicates a high level of guilt toward the family related to professional employment.

example score

3/4

Scale 1 (S1)

This scale measures how strongly work and family role demands interfere with each other and create difficulty maintaining balance.

Low conflict

Moderate conflict

High conflict

1 – 2: Low conflict | 2.1 – 3: Moderate conflict | 3.1 – 4: High conflict

A score of 3 indicates a moderate level of role conflict, suggesting noticeable but manageable interference between work and family responsibilities.

example score

2/4

Role Conflict Severity (RCS)

Measures the overall intensity of role conflict a working woman experiences when balancing professional and family responsibilities.

Low

Moderate

High

1 – 1.9: Low | 2 – 2.9: Moderate | 3 – 4: High

A score of 2 indicates a moderate level of role conflict, suggesting noticeable but generally manageable tension between work and family roles.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Working moms under pressure

44%OF USERS

Women raising children while working take it to understand where stress and guilt come from and which role pulls hardest.

Career-focused women balancing home

33%OF USERS

Women advancing in their careers use it to check whether work demands are crowding out relationships, rest, or household responsibilities.

Counseling and HR practitioners

23%OF USERS

Psychologists, coaches, and HR specialists administer it to pinpoint key conflict zones and start a focused conversation about support and changes.

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

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Scale 3 (S3)

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Scale 2 (S2)

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Degree of Role Conflict Intensity (DoRCI)

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

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- Yes
- Rather yes than no
- Rather no than yes
- No
- Yes
- Probably yes rather than no
- Probably no rather than yes
- No
- Yes
- More yes than no
- More no than yes
- No

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Working Women’s Role Conflict Severity Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs

role conflict

This instrument assesses perceived tension associated with competing work and family role demands. The Working Women’s Role Conflict Severity Scale is a brief self-report measure intended to characterize the severity of role conflict as experienced by working women. It consists of 19 items and typically takes about 4 minutes to complete.

Item content focuses on the individual’s subjective experience of strain, interference, and incompatibility between responsibilities across role domains. Results from the Working Women’s Role Conflict Severity Scale can support clinical or counseling formulation by identifying salient areas of role-related stress to guide further assessment and collaborative intervention planning. Authors: Alice H. Eagly; Sandra L. Bem.

Author: Alice H. Eagly, Sandra L. Bem

Literature: Greenhaus, J. H., & Beutell, N. J. Sources of conflict between work and family roles. Academy of Management Review. 1985.; Frone, M. R. Work–family conflict and employee psychiatric disorders: The National Comorbidity Survey. Journal of Applied Psychology. 2000.