Suggestibility Scale Test

See how easily someone is influenced by others in just 4 minutes. 20 quick items deliver a clear, reliable profile to support counseling, training, and resilience coaching.

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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

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9/20

Suggestibility (S)

Measures how susceptible a person is to others’ influence and external suggestions while forming judgments.

Low suggestibility

Moderate suggestibility

High suggestibility

0 – 5: Low suggestibility | 6 – 14: Moderate suggestibility | 15 – 20: High suggestibility

A score of 9 falls in the moderate range, suggesting a generally balanced openness to others’ input while retaining personal independence in judgment.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People prone to peer pressure

41%OF USERS

They take it to understand how easily others’ opinions, authority, or group dynamics sway their choices.

Psychology students and trainees

34%OF USERS

They use it to practice assessing susceptibility to suggestion and to compare results across different profiles.

Coaches and therapists

25%OF USERS

They take it to gauge a client’s responsiveness to influence and tailor work on boundaries and critical thinking.

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

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Suggestibility Scale (SS)

Average

12.6

Normal range

9.3 — 16

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

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- Yes
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- Yes
- No

These are 3 of the 20 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Suggestibility Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs

suggestibility

This brief self-report measure is designed to assess an individual’s susceptibility to external influence. The Suggestibility Scale provides a structured snapshot of how readily a person endorses or adopts suggestions in everyday contexts.

The instrument includes 20 items and typically takes about 4 minutes to complete. Items are presented as statements for the respondent to rate, yielding a summary indicator of suggestibility that may inform clinical formulation, case conceptualization, or research screening when interpretation is integrated with other sources of information.

The Suggestibility Scale is attributed to G. H. Gudjonsson.

Author: G. H. Gudjonsson

Literature: Kirsch, I. Suggestibility and suggestive phenomena. In G. J. G. Asmundson, S. Taylor, & B. J. Cox (Eds.), Health anxiety: Clinical and research perspectives on hypochondriasis and related conditions. Wiley. 2001.; Gass, M. L., & Seiter, J. S. Persuasion, social influence, and compliance gaining. Routledge. 2018.; Lynn, S. J., Kirsch, I., & Hallquist, M. N. Social cognitive theories of hypnosis. In M. R. Nash & A. J. Barnier (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of hypnosis: Theory, research, and practice. Oxford University Press. 2008.