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Protest Activity Scale

Take the online Protest Activity Scale - AI psychologist FreudlyYou can take Protest Activity Scalehere. Online version of a simple and accurate psychological test with interpretation.en
Understand how you tend to protest under conflict or pressure in about 10 minutes. A fast 50 item profile that flags constructive versus risky patterns to guide coaching, hiring, or care.
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October 2, 2025
October 2, 2025
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example score
34/40
Escapism (E)
Measures the tendency to withdraw from reality and avoid active engagement with problems, often accompanied by low motivation and social anxiety.
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Moderate
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0 – 11: Low | 12 – 21: Moderate | 22 – 40: High
A score of 34 falls in the High range, suggesting a pronounced tendency to avoid confronting difficulties directly, with elevated withdrawal and reduced independent problem-solving.
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15/32
Nihilism (N)
Measures the tendency toward cynical rejection of norms and meaning, with a hostile, socially detached outlook in conflict situations.
Low
Moderate
High
0 – 5: Low | 6 – 14: Moderate | 15 – 32: High
A score of 15 falls in the High range, suggesting a pronounced tendency to dismiss social values and react to conflict with cynicism and hostility.
example score
22/40
Opposition (O)
Measures the tendency toward open resistance and conflict with external rules, often linked to lower self-regulation and higher rivalry.
Low
Moderate
High
0 – 12: Low | 13 – 22: Moderate | 23 – 40: High
A score of 22 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting situational oppositional responses with occasional conflict and competitiveness while generally remaining manageable.
example score
14/24
Emancipation (E)
Emancipation measures the degree to which a person expresses autonomy, independence, assertive self-direction, and resistance to external control.
Low
Moderate
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0 – 13: Low | 14 – 20: Moderate | 21 – 24: High
A score of 14 indicates a moderate level of emancipation, suggesting generally expressed independence and assertiveness that may become situationally stronger under pressure or control.
example score
17/64
Negativism (N)
Measures the tendency to resist change and respond to situations with stubbornness, irritability, and oppositional attitudes.
Low
Moderate
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0 – 25: Low | 26 – 35: Moderate | 36 – 64: High
A score of 17 falls in the Low range, suggesting relatively flexible attitudes and limited tendency toward persistent resistance or irritability in conflict situations.
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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People in active conflict
41%OF USERS
They take it to understand whether their pushback shows up as open opposition, passive resistance, withdrawal, or value rejection during stressful clashes.
Therapists and counselors
34%OF USERS
They use it to quickly map a client’s dominant protest style and choose safer, more effective ways to discuss boundaries, autonomy, and change.
HR and team leads
25%OF USERS
They take it for hiring or team diagnostics to spot risk of destructive protest behaviors and plan communication strategies in tense situations.
BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.
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Escapism (E)
Escapism (E)
Average
15.6
Normal range
8.3 — 22.9
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40
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Nihilism (N)
Nihilism (N)
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16.2
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11.8 — 20.6
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32
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Opposition (O)
Opposition (O)
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28.8
Normal range
22.9 — 34.7
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40
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Emancipation (E)
Emancipation (E)
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16.6
Normal range
12.2 — 20.9
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24
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Negativism (N)
Negativism (N)
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39.5
Normal range
29.2 — 49.8
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64
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

This questionnaire consists of statements describing specific life situations and a set of response options for each item. After carefully reading each situation, select the response that best reflects your typical reaction to that situation, or the response that is closest to you.
    • Always / completely agree
    • Often / somewhat agree
    • Sometimes / neither agree nor disagree
    • Rarely / somewhat disagree
    • Never / completely disagree
    • Always / completely agree
    • Often / somewhat agree
    • Sometimes / neither agree nor disagree
    • Rarely / somewhat disagree
    • Never / completely disagree
    • Always / completely agree
    • Often / mostly agree
    • Sometimes / somewhere in between
    • Rarely / mostly disagree
    • Never / completely disagree
These are 3 of the 50 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
Protest activity of the individual, PAI

Protest Activity Scale - Symptoms and Signs

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This measure is designed to assess patterns of protest-related behavior and attitudes in situations involving conflict or pressure to change the status quo. The Protest Activity Scale provides a structured way to characterize how an individual typically expresses protest in response to internal or external demands.

The instrument contains 50 items and typically requires about 10 minutes to complete. It is attributed to Bert Klandermans. Content is organized around a typology that can be used to profile dominant modes of protest expression (e.g., autonomy-seeking/emancipation, avoidance/escapism, negativism, opposition, and nihilistic rejection of norms). The Protest Activity Scale may be used in clinical or counseling contexts, personnel assessment, or research when a brief, standardized description of protest-related tendencies is needed, with interpretation integrated alongside other sources of information.

Author: Bert Klandermans
Literature: Tarrow, S. Power in movement: Social movements and contentious politics. Cambridge University Press. 2011.
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