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Paranoid Personality Disorder Test (Revised Green)

Paranoid Personality Disorder Test (Revised Green)

In about 4 minutes, it helps gauge how strongly you feel watched, targeted, or that others’ actions are about you. Fast 18-item results support clinical screening and research tracking.

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October 2, 2025

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example score

32/40

Persecutory Ideation (PI)

Measures the intensity of beliefs that others intend harm, are targeting you, or are treating you with hostility.

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0 – 10: Low | 11 – 27: Moderate | 28 – 40: High

A score of 32 falls in the High range, suggesting frequent or strongly held persecutory thoughts compared with lower scores.

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25/32

Ideas of Reference (IoR)

Measures how strongly a person tends to interpret neutral events or others’ behavior as being specifically about them.

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0 – 15: Low | 16 – 24: Moderate | 25 – 32: High

A score of 25 falls in the High range, suggesting a stronger-than-average tendency to see neutral situations as personally directed.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People with suspicious thoughts

41%OF USERS

They notice frequent worries that others are talking about them, watching them, or intending harm and want a clearer picture of how strong these beliefs are.

Clients in therapy intake

34%OF USERS

They take it as part of an initial mental health assessment to help a clinician understand persecutory or referential thinking and plan next steps.

Research study participants

25%OF USERS

They complete it in academic or clinical research to measure how common and intense paranoid experiences are across different groups.

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

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Persecution ideas (Pi)

Average

29.6

Normal range

22.8 — 36.5

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Ideas about Relationships (IaR)

Average

14.8

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9.8 — 19.8

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CLEAR ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures the frequency and severity of suspicious thoughts, including ideas of reference and fears of being harmed or targeted. It captures these experiences over a recent time frame.

What are ideas of reference and persecutory ideas?

Ideas of reference involve interpreting neutral events as being directed at oneself (for example, thinking others are talking about oneself). Persecutory ideas involve concern that others intend harm, interference, or deliberate targeting.

How long does it take to complete and how many items are included?

Completion typically takes about 4 minutes. The questionnaire includes 18 statements.

How should items be answered?

Select the response option that best matches how often each statement has been true recently. Answer each item based on typical experiences rather than unusual one-time events.

How should results be interpreted?

Scores provide separate indicators for ideas of reference and persecutory ideas, along with an overall profile. Results are screening information and should be interpreted alongside other clinical or research data.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Paranoid Personality Disorder Test (Revised Green) - Symptoms and Signs

paranoia psychopathology

This measure assesses the severity and frequency of paranoid thoughts, including ideas of reference and persecutory ideation. The Revised Green et al. Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS) is intended for use in clinical or research contexts as a brief self-report screening of these experiences.

The instrument contains 18 items and typically takes about 4 minutes to complete. Responses are used to summarize an individual’s endorsement of suspiciousness-related beliefs across the two primary content areas, supporting efficient characterization of symptom burden and comparison across groups. As described by psytests.org (2024), the Revised Green et al. Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS) is not a diagnostic tool and should be interpreted alongside clinical interview findings and other relevant assessment data.

Author: psytests.org (2024)

Literature: Freeman, D., Loe, B. S., Kingdon, D., Startup, H., Molodynski, A., Rosebrock, L., Brown, P., Sheaves, B., Waite, F., & Bird, J. C. The revised Green et al. Paranoid Thoughts Scale (R-GPTS): psychometric properties, severity ranges, and clinical cut-offs. Psychological Medicine. 2021.

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