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Socially Oriented Activity Questionnaire Test

In about three minutes, the Socially Oriented Activity Questionnaire Test guides you through 15 questions about your motivation, social engagement, communication awareness, and behavior. Your result highlights patterns in how you connect with others, cooperate, lead, and contribute to society, supporting focused self-reflection about your interpersonal profile.

Questions: 153 minutes

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How the Scales are Structured

BehavioralB

Measures self-rated effectiveness in social interactions, ability to consider others' perspectives, and readiness to engage socially.

example score5/7

5/7Moderateexample score

1 – 3Low

4 – 5Moderate

6 – 7High

A score of 5 suggests moderately developed social skills and engagement, with generally effective interaction that may still be situationally variable.

MotivationalM

Measures the extent to which a person is driven by helping others, collaborating, and being useful to society.

example score5/7

5/7Moderate motivationexample score

1 – 3.5Lower motivation

3.6 – 5.7Moderate motivation

5.8 – 7Higher motivation

A score of 5 indicates a moderate tendency toward prosocial goals, with interest in contributing and cooperating that is present but not consistently dominant.

Emotional and StatusEaS

Measures perceived success and comfort in social contact, including leadership drive and engagement with high-status others.

example score4/7

4/7Moderate social engagementexample score

1 – 3.3Lower social engagement

3.4 – 5.6Moderate social engagement

5.7 – 7High social engagement

A score of 4 falls in the Moderate social engagement range, suggesting generally adequate social contact and communication confidence with some room to strengthen leadership initiative or status-focused networking.

CognitiveC

Measures how clearly a person understands social rules, processes, and their own social identity in interactions.

example score3/7

3/7Lowexample score

1 – 3.9Low

4 – 6Moderate

6.1 – 7High

A score of 3 indicates a lower level of awareness and analysis of social processes, with less consistent clarity about communication rules and likely outcomes.

Socially Oriented ActivitySOA

Measures overall engagement in social interaction, willingness to cooperate, and participation in community life.

example score12/28

12/28Lowexample score

4 – 15.6Low

15.7 – 22.5Moderate

22.6 – 28High

A score of 12 falls in the Low range, suggesting comparatively lower social engagement and a tendency toward more passive or selective involvement in social contacts.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

HR and team leads

41%OF USERS

They use it to quickly understand how employees engage with group life, what motivates them, and where development is needed.

Students and young professionals

34%OF USERS

They take it to see how confident and active they are in social settings and to improve communication and participation.

Psychologists and educators

25%OF USERS

They apply it as a fast screening tool to profile social engagement across thoughts, feelings, motives, and behaviors.

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

BehavioralB

You?

Average3.8

Typical rangeTypical2.7 – 4.8

Possible1 – 7

MotivationalM

You?

Average3.8

Typical rangeTypical2.9 – 4.7

Possible1 – 7

Emotional-StatusE

You?

Average4.2

Typical rangeTypical3.5 – 5

Possible1 – 7

CognitiveC

You?

Average2.6

Typical rangeTypical1.6 – 3.7

Possible1 – 7

Socially-oriented activitySa

You?

Average12.8

Typical rangeTypical8.8 – 16.9

Possible4 – 28

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Not at all like me
- Unlike me
- Mostly unlike me
- Neither like me nor unlike me
- Mostly like me
- Like me
- Very much like me
- Not at all like me
- Not like me
- Somewhat not like me
- Somewhat in between
- Somewhat like me
- Like me
- Very much like me
- Not at all like me
- Not like me
- Rather unlike me
- Neither like me nor unlike me
- Somewhat like me
- Like me
- Very much like me

These are 3 of the 15 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Socially Oriented Activity Questionnaire Test - Description and methodology of the test

social competence

For readers who want to examine their usual functioning in social situations, the Socially Oriented Activity Questionnaire Test offers a structured profile without reducing everyday interaction to a single trait. It may help people reflecting on relationships, group settings, or community roles notice recurring patterns in how they participate and respond. As a social activity questionnaire, it supports focused self-reflection rather than a single label.

What This Assessment Explores

A social engagement assessment groups motives, leadership, and participation.

These dimensions include:

Motivational (1-7) measures helping and usefulness: Lower motivation 1-3.5; Moderate motivation 3.6-5.7; Higher motivation 5.8-7.
Emotional and Status (1-7) measures contacts, communication, leadership, and status-oriented interaction: Lower social engagement 1-3.3; Moderate social engagement 3.4-5.6; High social engagement 5.7-7.
Cognitive (1-7) measures communication rules, social identity, and anticipated outcomes: Low 1-3.9; Moderate 4-6; High 6.1-7.
Socially Oriented Activity (4-28) measures overall social engagement, cooperation, and community participation; higher scores indicate activity, lower scores suggest withdrawal/passivity: Low 4-15.6; Moderate 15.7-22.5; High 22.6-28.
Behavioral (1-7) measures interaction effectiveness, perspective-taking, and engagement: Low 1-3; Moderate 4-5; High 6-7.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each statement is a self-description rated on a seven-point continuum from Not at all like me to Very much like me. The items address communication rules, anticipated outcomes, social identity, contact, leadership, helping, perspective-taking, and interest in other people.

Responses are combined into the displayed profile, but the questionnaire does not document item weights, reverse-keying, norms, or a calculation formula. Its ranges are therefore descriptive outputs rather than validated clinical cutoffs. This social interaction test is most useful when answers represent usual patterns, not a temporary mood.

The themes are conceptually consistent with the Socially-Oriented Activity Components Questionnaire, while Shamionov’s 2018 work provides a broader account of social activity and participation. This questionnaire is not an adaptation of that instrument, so its reliability, validity, standardization, and population norms cannot be assumed from the publications. Self-report remains sensitive to context, self-awareness, and favorable self-presentation; use the profile to guide reflection on concrete experiences.

Author: David A. Kenny, Mark Snyder

Literature:

Shamionov, Rail M., and Grigoryeva, Marina V. (2019). Technique for Diagnostic Assessment of Socially-Oriented Activity Components. Siberian Journal of Psychology, 74, 26-41.
Shamionov, Rail M. (2018). Social Activity of Personality and Groups: Definition, Structure and Mechanisms. RUDN Journal of Psychology and Pedagogics, 15(4), 379-394. 10.22363/2313-1683-2018-15-4-379-394

Updated: 2025-10-02