Intimacy Quiz for Couples

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 disagree
- Disagree
- Not sure
- Agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Not sure
- Agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Not sure
- Agree
Intimacy Quiz for Couples - Description and methodology of the test
Partners deciding which part of closeness deserves attention can use the intimacy quiz for couples to organize that choice before discussing it together. The intimacy quiz suits couples examining affection, communication, conflict recovery, emotional openness, and trust, whether the relationship feels secure or harder to navigate. Results help identify which aspect of closeness the partners may want to discuss first.
What This Assessment Explores
Intimacy here is broader than physical contact: the questionnaire examines warmth, safe closeness, emotional security, and reconnection. It asks about touch, desire differences, feeling wanted, sharing needs, reliability, acceptance, listening, respectful conflict, apologies, and returning to connection. As an intimacy test for couples, this assessment can show which parts of connection feel mutual and which may need attention.
Three dimensions organize the result:
- Affection & Physical Closeness: 0-40 reflects felt warmth, comfortable physical or sexual closeness, desire alignment, and feeling wanted. Bands are Distant or mismatched 0-13; Mixed or inconsistent 14-27; Warm and connected 28-40.
- Communication & Repair: 0-40 measures everyday communication, respectful conflict, responsibility, and reconnection after disagreements. Bands are Strained 0-19; Mixed 20-30; Constructive 31-40.
- Emotional & Trust Intimacy: 0-40 indicates emotional safety, acceptance, reliability, openness, vulnerability, and trust. Bands are Guarded / Uncertain 0-13; Building Security 14-26; Secure & Trusting 27-40.
Methodology and Scientific Basis
The statements shown use four response options-Strongly disagree, Disagree, Not sure, and Agree-so the respondent rates its fit with the relationship. Answers are grouped into three dimension totals. Because the questionnaire does not document how many points each answer contributes, the ranges should not be reverse-engineered into an unlisted scoring rule.
This relationship intimacy questionnaire uses a self-report method to address couple functioning and intimacy. It is conceptually consistent with the Couple Relationship Scale (Anderson et al., 2022), a brief relationship-functioning measure, and the Pair Inventory’s multidimensional view of intimacy. It is not an adaptation of either published instrument.
Wilder, Prager, and Garapati’s 2024 study is relevant to the focus on apology, repair, and restoring connection after conflict. It supports the thematic focus, not authorship, standardization, or validation of this online test.
Results provide a self-report snapshot, while the displayed bands are descriptive categories for the score ranges. Mood, recent disagreements, expectations, and candor can influence scores. Partners can interpret the pattern by linking it to specific experiences-such as affectionate touch, listening, apologies, emotional support, and reconnection-and watching whether the pattern stays consistent.
- Anderson, S. R., Johnson, L. N., Miller, R. B., & Barham, C. C. (2022). The Couple Relationship Scale: A brief measure to facilitate routine outcome monitoring in couple therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 48(2), 464-483. 10.1111/jmft.12541
- Schaefer, M. T., & Olson, D. H. (1981). Assessing Intimacy: The Pair Inventory. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 7(1), 47-60. 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1981.tb01351.x
- Wilder, S., Prager, K. J., & Garapati, S. (2024). But I said I'm sorry: Helpfulness of romantic couples' efforts to reconcile after conflict. Personal Relationships, 31(3), 836-854. 10.1111/pere.12565
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