Paranoid Thought Scale, R-GPTS Test - the question form
Questions: 18 · 4 minutes
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1. I have spent a lot of time thinking that my friends are gossiping about me.
1 – Totally untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat true
4 – True
5 – Totally true
2. I often heard people talking about me.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
3. I felt upset that friends and colleagues were judging me critically.
1 – Not at all true
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
4. People were definitely laughing about me behind my back.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
5. I have thought a lot that people are avoiding me.
1 – Not at all
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
6. People were dropping hints about me.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
7. I was convinced that certain people were not who they seemed to be.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
8. It upset me that people were talking about me behind my back.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – To some extent
4 – True
5 – Completely true
9. Some people have held a grudge against me.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Not true
3 – To some extent
4 – True
5 – Completely true
10. People wanted me to feel threatened, and stared at me to make it happen.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
11. I was sure that people were doing things to annoy me.
1 – Not at all
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
12. I was convinced that there was a conspiracy against me.
1 – Not at all
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Totally
13. I was convinced that someone wanted to harm me.
1 – Not at all true
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Totally true
14. I could not get rid of thoughts that people were trying to confuse me.
1 – Totally untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Totally true
15. I was upset that I was being followed.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Not true
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
16. It was hard to stop thinking that people wanted bad things to happen to me.
1 – Not at all
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
17. People were deliberately hostile towards me.
1 – Not at all true
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
18. I felt angry because someone wanted to harm me.
1 – Not at all true
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat true
4 – True
5 – Totally true
1. I have thought a lot about my friends gossiping about me.
1 – Totally untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Totally true
2. I have often heard people talking about me.
1 – Not at all true
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
3. I was upset by friends and colleagues judging me critically.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – To some extent
4 – True
5 – Completely true
4. People have definitely laughed about me behind my back.
1 – Not at all true
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
5. I have thought a lot about people avoiding me.
1 – Not at all true
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat true
4 – True
5 – Completely true
6. People were making hints about me.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Not true
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
7. I was sure that certain people were not who they seemed to be.
1 – Not at all true
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Totally true
8. I was upset that people were talking about me behind my back.
1 – Not at all true
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
9. Some people have held a grudge against me.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
10. People wanted me to feel threatened, and to do that they stared at me.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Not true
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
11. I was convinced that people were doing things to annoy me.
1 – Totally untrue
2 – Not true
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Totally true
12. I was convinced that there was a conspiracy against me.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Not true
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
13. I was sure that someone wanted to harm me.
1 – Totally untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Totally true
14. I could not get thoughts out of my mind that people were trying to confuse me.
1 – Not at all
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely
15. I was upset that I was being followed.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
16. It was hard to stop thinking that other people wanted bad things to happen to me.
1 – Totally untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Totally true
17. People have deliberately been hostile towards me.
1 – Completely untrue
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true
18. I felt angry because someone wanted to harm me.
1 – Not at all
2 – Untrue
3 – Somewhat
4 – True
5 – Completely true