Moral Self-Esteem 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
- Strongly agree
- Agree more than disagree
- Agree a little
- Strongly disagree
- Strongly agree
- Agree more than disagree
- Agree a little
- Strongly disagree
- Strongly agree
- Agree more than disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly disagree
Moral Self-Esteem Assessment Test - Description and methodology of the test
People who want to examine how everyday conduct aligns with personal moral standards may use the Moral Self-Esteem Assessment Test as a focused self-reflection exercise. It suits readers interested in kindness, fairness, respect, responsibility, and empathy, rather than treating one response as a complete account of character. The moral self-esteem test provides one overall indication, helping readers decide whether the result fits their usual conduct or reflects a temporary situation.
What This Assessment Explores
Responses concern everyday conduct, not abstract theory. They ask how a person treats peers and adults, helps someone in difficulty, responds to unfairness, joins teasing, makes others happy, forgives wrongdoing, and understands mistaken people.
The Moral Self-Esteem Level scale (10-40) shows Low (10-15), Average (16-33), or High (34-40). Lower results may suggest insufficiently formed moral standards; average scores are typical for most adolescents and indicate a balanced self-evaluation in the moral domain, while higher results indicate a more developed sense of morality together with a tendency toward self-criticism.
Together, these themes identify the areas covered by the moral self-esteem questionnaire:
- Kindness and helpfulness show endorsement of supportive conduct.
- Respect and restraint capture attitudes toward rudeness, swearing, and conflict.
- Empathy and understanding reflect attention to others’ feelings and mistakes.
- Forgiveness and prosocial enjoyment connect conduct with reconciliation and others’ wellbeing.
Methodology and Evidence Base
The questionnaire presents ten brief statements with four ordered agreement choices, from strong agreement to strong disagreement. Choice labels vary slightly between statements, but each option represents an ordered level of agreement. The items cover desirable conduct and the acceptability of rude, retaliatory, or unkind behavior.
The four response positions let respondents indicate degrees of agreement rather than choose among different moral profiles. Responses produce one displayed combined result; individual item weights and reverse-scoring rules are not documented.
Conceptually, the questionnaire is consistent with Kolmogortseva’s 1992 moral self-assessment diagnostic, which addresses moral self-evaluation. This online questionnaire is not that published instrument or a validated adaptation.
For anyone taking the test, the result is best read as a pattern rather than a fixed identity label. No current normative sample, reliability estimate, or clinical cutoff is stated for this form. Self-report may also reflect mood, social desirability, and limited self-awareness, so concrete behavior and reflection over time add important context.
- Kolmogortseva, L. N. (1992). Diagnostics of Moral Self-Assessment. Moscow: Pedagogika, 245 pp.
- Emelyanenko, F. V., Kondakov, V. L., Kormakova, V. N., & Kopeikina, E. N. (2022). Criteria for the Formation of Spiritual and Moral Qualities of the Personality of Mixed Martial Arts Athletes. Theory and Practice of Physical Culture, 6, 20-22.
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