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Quality of Interpersonal Relationships in the Educational Environment Test

With 48 questions and an estimated completion time of 9 minutes, the Quality of Interpersonal Relationships in the Educational Environment Test helps you explore trust, acceptance, tolerance, conflict, hostility, and other patterns within a school community. Your results can support reflection on the climate of interactions and areas for constructive improvement.

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Quality of Interpersonal Relationships: sample question card

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How the Scales are Structured

Manipulative AttitudeMA

Measures the tendency to use covert pressure and insincere strategies to influence others in interpersonal interactions at school.

example score14/24

14/24Moderateexample score

0 – 7Low

8 – 16Moderate

17 – 24High

A score of 14 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a noticeable but not predominant tendency toward manipulative interaction patterns.

HostilityH

Measures the level of negative attitudes and ill will in relationships within the educational environment.

example score10/24

10/24Moderate hostilityexample score

0 – 7Low hostility

8 – 16Moderate hostility

17 – 24High hostility

A score of 10 indicates a moderate level of hostility, suggesting some negative attitudes may be present but are not pronounced.

Conflict PronenessCP

Measures the tendency for conflict situations and disagreements to arise and develop in the educational environment.

example score13/24

13/24Moderate conflictexample score

0 – 7Low conflict

8 – 16Moderate conflict

17 – 24High conflict

A score of 13 falls in the Moderate conflict range, suggesting occasional disagreements that may affect day-to-day interactions but are not consistently pervasive.

AggressionA

Measures the degree of aggressive behavior and conflict tendency in interpersonal interactions within the educational environment.

example score14/24

14/24Moderateexample score

0 – 7Low

8 – 16Moderate

17 – 24High

A score of 14 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting noticeable but not extreme aggressiveness that may be associated with increased tension and occasional conflicts.

Negative Attitude IndexNAI

Measures the intensity of negative interpersonal relationship features such as conflict, hostility, aggressiveness, and manipulativeness in the educational environment.

example score11/24

11/24Moderateexample score

0 – 7Low

8 – 16Moderate

17 – 24High

A score of 11 falls in the Moderate range, indicating a noticeable but not extreme level of negative interaction signs that may reflect some tension in relationships.

ToleranceT

Measures acceptance and respect for differences among participants in the educational environment as an indicator of interaction climate.

example score13/24

13/24Moderate toleranceexample score

0 – 7Low tolerance

8 – 16Moderate tolerance

17 – 24High tolerance

A score of 13 indicates a moderate level of tolerance, suggesting generally acceptable respect for differences with some room to strengthen inclusivity in day-to-day interactions.

AcceptanceA

Measures the extent to which members of the educational environment accept one another as they are, reflecting tolerance and lack of bias.

example score9/24

9/24Moderate acceptanceexample score

0 – 8Low acceptance

9 – 16Moderate acceptance

17 – 24High acceptance

A score of 9 falls in the Moderate acceptance range, suggesting acceptance is present but may be inconsistent across interactions or situations.

BenevolenceB

Measures the degree of friendliness, mutual support, and respect in interpersonal relationships within the educational environment.

example score7/24

7/24Low friendlinessexample score

0 – 7Low friendliness

8 – 16Moderate friendliness

17 – 24High friendliness

A score of 7 falls in the Low friendliness range, suggesting limited expressions of mutual support and respect in current relationships.

TrustT

Assesses how much participants in the educational environment feel openness and confidence in their interactions with one another.

example score15/24

15/24Moderate trustexample score

0 – 7Low trust

8 – 16Moderate trust

17 – 24High trust

A score of 15 falls in the Moderate trust range, suggesting generally trusting interactions with some remaining caution or inconsistency in openness.

Positive Attitude IndexPAI

Measures how strongly positive, supportive qualities (trust, kindness, acceptance, tolerance) are expressed in interpersonal relationships within the educational environment.

example score17/24

17/24Highexample score

0 – 7Low

8 – 16Moderate

17 – 24High

A score of 17 falls in the High range, suggesting that positive and supportive interaction patterns are strongly expressed in this educational setting.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

School psychologists and counselors

41%OF USERS

They use it for rapid screening of class climate and psychological safety, especially after incidents or when supporting at-risk students.

Teachers and class advisors

34%OF USERS

They take it to understand student–student and teacher–student dynamics and adjust classroom management and communication.

Adolescent students

25%OF USERS

They complete it to share how safe, supported, and comfortable they feel in their school and classroom relationships.

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

Manipulative Relationships ScaleMRS

You?

Average14.9

Typical rangeTypical11.2 – 18.7

Possible0 – 24

Hostility ScaleHS

You?

Average14.1

Typical rangeTypical9.7 – 18.5

Possible0 – 24

Conflict ScaleCS

You?

Average6.3

Typical rangeTypical3.2 – 9.4

Possible0 – 24

Aggressiveness ScaleAS

You?

Average7.8

Typical rangeTypical4.4 – 11.2

Possible0 – 24

Negative Attitude IndexNAI

You?

Average12.4

Typical rangeTypical9.1 – 15.8

Possible0 – 24

Tolerance ScaleTS

You?

Average6.4

Typical rangeTypical3.2 – 9.5

Possible0 – 24

Acceptance ScaleAS

You?

Average13

Typical rangeTypical9.4 – 16.6

Possible0 – 24

Friendliness ScaleFS

You?

Average16.3

Typical rangeTypical12.7 – 19.9

Possible0 – 24

Trust ScaleTS

You?

Average16.1

Typical rangeTypical12.9 – 19.3

Possible0 – 24

Positive Attitude IndexPAI

You?

Average12.2

Typical rangeTypical9 – 15.5

Possible0 – 24

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Dear student, Please answer the questions in this questionnaire. The questions and statements concern your school and relationships among students, as well as between students and teachers. For each question, select only one response option. Choose the option that best reflects the extent to which you agree with the statement. There are no right or wrong answers. It is important to understand what is actually happening.

- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Not sure
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Hard to say
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Difficult to say
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree

These are 3 of the 48 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Quality of Interpersonal Relationships in the Educational Environment Test - Description and methodology of the test

security

class climate

pedagogy

Students, teachers, counsellors, and school leaders can use the Quality of Interpersonal Relationships in the Educational Environment Test to examine how relationships are experienced across a school community. It suits readers who want a structured view of trust, tension, acceptance, and support rather than a single overall impression. As a school relationship assessment, the profile can focus reflection on interaction patterns and possible areas for constructive discussion.

What This Assessment Explores

As an educational environment questionnaire, this assessment examines harmful and supportive patterns among students, teachers, and school staff. Items address trust, helpfulness, openness, irritation, pressure, disagreement, provocation, prejudice, and listening.

The ten scales are Manipulative Attitude, Hostility, Conflict Proneness, Aggression, Negative Attitude Index, Tolerance, Acceptance, Benevolence, Trust, and Positive Attitude Index. Each runs 0-24. The common bands are Low 0-7, Moderate 8-16, and High 17-24; Acceptance uses Low 0-8, Moderate 9-16, and High 17-24. Displayed labels prefix the common bands with hostility, conflict, tolerance, friendliness, or trust where applicable.

These groupings show what each result means:

Negative dimensions indicate pressure, antagonism, escalation, aggression, and tension.
Positive dimensions indicate respect, inclusion, support, confidence, and goodwill.
The combined profile describes perceived climate, not one incident.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Items cluster around trust, help, disagreement, provocation, hostility, manipulation, tolerance, acceptance, and support. Respondents choose one of five options, from strong disagreement to strong agreement; middle choices can express uncertainty. The format captures perceived patterns, not verified events.

Scores are aggregated into ten dimensions. Bands are provided, but the online scoring display does not specify how many points each response contributes, so an item-by-item scoring rule should not be inferred. No reliability estimate or population standard is stated for this online version.

The closest source is the educational-environment relationships questionnaire. The present test is conceptually consistent with that instrument, not necessarily identical in wording, sampling, or validation. Litvinova and colleagues (2020) provide context on psychological security in educational settings, but their study does not establish psychometric properties for this version.

As an interpersonal relationship test, results are best read as a snapshot shaped by current events, expectations, social position, and willingness to disclose. They can support reflection across dimensions, while broader assessment is needed before drawing conclusions about a person or institution.

Author: John C. Flanagan, Urie Bronfenbrenner

Literature:

Kozhukhar, G. S., & Kovrov, V. (2019). Development of the Questionnaire "Quality of Interpersonal Relations in Educational Environment." In 6th SWS International Scientific Conference on Social Sciences ISCSS 2019 (pp. 145-152). STEF92 Technology. 10.5593/SWS.ISCSS.2019.3/S11.019
Litvinova, A., Kokurin, A., Ekimova, V., Koteneva, A., & Pozdnyakov, V. (2020). Procrastination as a Threat to the Psychological Security of the Educational Environment. Behavioral Sciences, 10(1), 1. 10.3390/bs10010001

Updated: 2025-10-02