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Bicultural Identity Integration Scale, Version 2 (BIIS-2) Test

Understand how your two cultures fit together and where tension shows up in just 3 minutes. This quick 15 item check supports counseling, research, and acculturation planning.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

16/25

Cultural Blendedness vs. Cultural Compartmentalization (CBvCC)

Measures how integrated versus disconnected a person experiences their two cultural identities in daily life.

More disconnection

More mixing

5 – 16: More disconnection | 17 – 25: More mixing

A score of 16 falls in the 'More disconnection' range, suggesting the two cultural identities may feel somewhat separate rather than smoothly blended.

example score

38/50

Cultural Harmony vs. Cultural Conflict (CHvCC)

Measures how much a person experiences their two cultural identities as compatible and harmonious versus clashing and in conflict.

More conflict

Mixed/variable

More harmony

10 – 34: More conflict | 35 – 46: Mixed/variable | 47 – 50: More harmony

A score of 38 falls in the Mixed/variable range, suggesting the two cultural identities are sometimes experienced as compatible and sometimes as in tension depending on the context.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Bicultural teens and students

41%OF USERS

Older adolescents who feel they belong to two cultures and want to understand whether these identities feel harmonious or conflicting.

Migrant youth in adaptation

34%OF USERS

Young people who have moved countries (or grew up between countries) and want to see how comfortably they switch between cultural norms and values.

Mixed-family young adults

25%OF USERS

People from intercultural families who want clarity on how their two cultural backgrounds fit together in daily life and relationships.

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

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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Cultural Mixing vs Cultural Disconnection (CMvCD)

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Normal range

7.9 — 14.2

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Cultural Harmony vs Cultural Conflict (CHvCC)

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31.8

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26.8 — 36.9

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Read the statements and indicate the extent to which each one applies to you. For each statement, select the response option that best describes you. There are no right or wrong answers.

- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree

These are 3 of the 15 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Integration of Bicultural Identity, BIIS-2 Test

Bicultural Identity Integration Scale, Version 2 (BIIS-2) Test - Symptoms and Signs

ethnopsychology

identity

migrants

sociocultural adaptation

This self-report measure assesses the degree to which an individual experiences their two cultural identities as compatible and coherent versus conflicting or compartmentalized. The Bicultural Identity Integration Scale, Version 2 (BIIS-2) is commonly used in clinical and research contexts to characterize bicultural identity integration and related subjective experiences (Benet-Martínez).

The instrument consists of 15 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Item content focuses on perceived harmony versus tension between cultural identities and the extent to which cultural frameworks are experienced as blended versus separate; results may help inform culturally responsive case formulation, consultation, or program evaluation involving bicultural or multicultural populations, consistent with appropriate interpretation of the Bicultural Identity Integration Scale, Version 2 (BIIS-2).

Author: John W. Berry, Verónica Benet-Martínez

Literature: Benet-Martínez, V., & Haritatos, J. Bicultural identity integration (BII): Components and psychosocial antecedents. Journal of Personality. 2005.