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Modified Inglehart Values Questionnaire Test

Understand how your core values are organized in just 3 minutes. Get a clear snapshot of your orientation to security, social approval, or independence to support therapy, coaching, or research.

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Questions: 143 minutes

08:30

October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

6/21

Survival Values vs. Self-Expression Values (SVvSEV)

This scale measures whether a person’s value orientation leans more toward survival-focused priorities or toward self-expression and emancipation.

Survival-oriented

Mixed orientation

Self-expression-oriented

-21 – -1: Survival-oriented | 0: Mixed orientation | 1 – 21: Self-expression-oriented

A score of 6 falls in the self-expression-oriented range, suggesting a stronger emphasis on tolerance, autonomy, and personal development than on security- and tradition-focused priorities.

example score

12/21

Traditional vs. Secular-Rational Values (TvSRV)

Measures orientation from traditional, norm- and authority-centered values to secular-rational values emphasizing personal freedom and emancipation from norms.

Traditional

Mixed/Neutral

Secular-rational

-21 – -1: Traditional | 0: Mixed/Neutral | 1 – 21: Secular-rational

A score of 12 falls in the Secular-rational range, suggesting a stronger preference for personal autonomy and questioning of traditional norms compared with a traditional orientation.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Self-growth and clarity seekers

41%OF USERS

People exploring what truly matters to them take it to see whether their values lean toward security, fitting in, or personal freedom.

Therapy and coaching clients

34%OF USERS

Clients in counseling use it to spot value conflicts and understand why certain choices or relationships feel tense or stuck.

Researchers and HR specialists

25%OF USERS

Social scientists and workplace practitioners use it to compare value patterns across groups and track shifts during change or uncertainty.

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.

survival values – self-expression values (sv–sv)

Average

1.7

Normal range

-4.4 — 7.8

min.

-21

max.

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traditional – secular values (t–sv)

Average

-5.3

Normal range

-12.2 — 1.5

min.

-21

max.

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- I don't know
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- I don't know
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Completely disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- I don't know
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Completely agree

These are 3 of the 14 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

Modified Inglehart Values Questionnaire Test - Symptoms and Signs

cultural values

The Modified Inglehart Values Questionnaire is a brief self-report measure designed to characterize an individual’s value priorities and the way those priorities are organized. Based on the work of Ronald Inglehart, it is commonly used to summarize broad value orientations in a structured format.

The instrument includes 14 items and takes about 3 minutes to complete. Responses are typically interpreted to describe relative emphasis across general value domains (e.g., stability and security, social approval and belonging, and autonomy and personal growth), which may be informative in clinical formulation when value conflicts or goal alignment are clinically relevant, and in research settings focused on value patterns.

Results from the Modified Inglehart Values Questionnaire should be integrated with clinical interview findings and other assessment data; it is not intended to serve as a stand-alone diagnostic tool.

Author: Ronald Inglehart

Literature: John, O. P., & Srivastava, S. The Big Five trait taxonomy: History, measurement, and theoretical perspectives. In L. A. Pervin & O. P. John (Eds.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research. Guilford Press. 1999.; Inglehart, R., & Welzel, C. Modernization, cultural change, and democracy: The human development sequence. Cambridge University Press. 2005.; Schwartz, S. H. Universals in the content and structure of values: Theoretical advances and empirical tests in 20 countries. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. 1992.