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Spiritual Crisis Self-Perception Assessment Test

Designed for personal reflection, the Spiritual Crisis Self-Perception Assessment Test contains 60 questions and takes about 11 minutes. It explores how past experiences, present feelings, and anticipated changes relate to a perceived spiritual crisis, helping you recognise patterns in your inner life and consider your current perspective.

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How the Scales are Structured

FutureF

Measures the extent to which a person anticipates a developing spiritual crisis and future shifts in sacred values.

example score1/60

1/60Highexample score

-60 – 0Low

1 – 60High

A score of 1 falls in the High range, suggesting a slight expectation of future changes or tension in spiritual values.

PresentP

Measures the current intensity of a self-perceived spiritual crisis in the present moment.

example score-1/60

-1/60Low/Absentexample score

-60 – 0Low/Absent

1 – 60Elevated

A score of -1 falls in the Low/Absent range, suggesting minimal current immersion in a spiritual crisis and relatively stable present-state self-perception.

PastP

Measures how strongly a person recognizes and reflects on past sacred or spiritually significant experiences during a spiritual crisis.

example score44/60

44/60Highexample score

-60 – -1Low

0Neutral

1 – 60High

A score of 44 falls in the High range, suggesting a strong awareness of deep and varied spiritually significant experiences from the past.

Spiritual CrisisSC

Measures the overall intensity and breadth of a person’s perceived spiritual crisis across past, present, and future perspectives.

example score63/180

63/180Elevatedexample score

-180 – 0Low/Negative

1 – 180Elevated

A score of 63 falls in the Elevated range, suggesting a noticeably increased perceived spiritual crisis experience across time perspectives.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Meaning-seekers in transition

41%OF USERS

People facing major life changes who feel their values and purpose shifting and want clarity about what’s happening across past, present, and future.

Clients in inner conflict

34%OF USERS

Individuals experiencing a spiritual or existential crisis—emptiness, guilt, loss of faith, or confusion—who want to map where the tension is strongest over time.

Helping professionals screening

25%OF USERS

Psychologists, counselors, and coaches who use a quick measure to understand how a client perceives their spiritual crisis and to guide next steps in support.

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

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See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

FutureF

You?

Average18.7

Typical rangeTypical0.7 – 36.6

Possible-60 – 60

PresentP

You?

Average21.1

Typical rangeTypical0 – 42.2

Possible-60 – 60

The PastTP

You?

Average16.4

Typical rangeTypical1.1 – 31.7

Possible-60 – 60

Spiritual CrisisSC

You?

Average57.8

Typical rangeTypical11.9 – 103.8

Possible-180 – 180

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

This instrument is designed to assess a relatively uncommon psychological state referred to as a “spiritual crisis.” The statements below reflect different aspects of this experience as they relate to the past, present, and future. Please read each statement carefully and rate the extent to which it applies to you within each time frame.

- Absolutely no
- No
- More no than yes
- More yes than no
- Yes
- Absolutely yes
- Absolutely no
- No
- More no than yes
- More yes than no
- Yes
- Absolutely yes
- Absolutely not
- No
- Rather no than yes
- Rather yes than no
- Yes
- Absolutely yes

These are 3 of the 60 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Spiritual Crisis Self-Perception Assessment Test - Description and methodology of the test

spirituality

life crisis

People reflecting on upheaval in faith, meaning, identity, or worldview may use the Spiritual Crisis Self-Perception Assessment Test to organise experiences across time. It offers a structured spiritual crisis assessment that helps people examine inner change rather than assign a label to a single event. The result reports separate recollections of past experiences, the present crisis state, anticipated future development, and an overall perceived-crisis level.

What This Assessment Measures

Questions in this spiritual crisis questionnaire cover sacred values, meaning, faith, identity, transformation, changing perceptions of reality, and constraints across past, present, and future.

The four result dimensions are:

Future (-60-60) measures anticipated spiritual-crisis development; higher scores indicate expected profound change in sacred values. Low: -60-0; High: 1-60.
Present (-60-60) measures the current crisis state; higher scores indicate greater immersion in an unstable, crisis-related state. Low/Absent: -60-0; Elevated: 1-60.
Past (-60-60) measures recollections of sacred experiences associated with crisis; higher scores indicate awareness of profound, varied experiences. Low: -60--1; Neutral: 0-0; High: 1-60.
Spiritual Crisis (-180-180) measures perceived crisis across past, present, and anticipated future; higher scores indicate a broader range of personal spiritual experiences and stronger subjective perception. Low/Negative: -180-0; Elevated: 1-180.

The profile shows its timing and breadth of perceived experience.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each statement uses six ordered choices, from strong rejection to strong agreement. Labels vary, but each choice asks how well the statement fits. Past, present, and future groupings let the profile compare time frames rather than treating every experience as current.

Results are displayed on four scales with the stated bands. The questionnaire does not state item weighting or reverse-scoring, so an individual answer’s point contribution cannot be inferred from the ranges alone. A band describes this profile’s direction, not a universal threshold for spiritual development.

Melentyeva’s MSSD methodology (2015) provides a conceptual reference for this construct and its time-based structure; the questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that work. Grof and Grof’s Spiritual Emergency work adds transpersonal context for crisis and transformation, not objective proof from self-report.

The online result provides bands but no stated population norms or clinical cutoffs. Interpretation of this spiritual crisis self-assessment can be affected by memory, current context, self-awareness, and response style, so the profile works best as a structured prompt for reflection.

Author: Christina Grof, Stanislav Grof

Literature:

Melentyeva, A. A. (2015). Spiritual Crisis in the Structure of Personality in Youth (Development and Approbation of the Methodology). In XXX Merlin Readings: Proceedings of the Scientific Conference (pp. 64-66). Perm: Perm State Humanitarian Pedagogical University.
Melentyeva, A. A. (2015). Spiritual Crisis in the Structure of Personality in Youth: Development and Approbation of the Methodology for Studying Self-Perception of Spiritual Crisis. Qualification thesis. Perm State Humanitarian Pedagogical University, Perm. 81 pp.
Grof, Christina, and Stanislav Grof. (2017). Spiritual Emergency: The Understanding and Treatment of Transpersonal Crises. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 36(2). 10.24972/ijts.2017.36.2.30.
Grof, Stanislav, and Christina Grof, eds. (1989). Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis. Los Angeles: Tarcher.

Updated: 2025-10-02