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Professional Identity Questionnaire for Psychology Students Test

In four minutes, the Professional Identity Questionnaire for Psychology Students Test uses 21 statements to explore your attitudes, emotions, and engagement with a future career in psychology. Your result can clarify your professional profile and support thoughtful reflection on career goals, motivation, and orientation toward future development.

Questions: 214 minutes

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How the Scales are Structured

Passive Attitude PositionPAP

Measures the intensity of a passive attitude toward one’s future professional path and development as a psychologist.

example score27/30

27/30Passive stanceexample score

6 – 13Active stance

14 – 22Mixed/variable stance

23 – 30Passive stance

A score of 27 falls in the Passive stance range, suggesting a pronounced tendency to approach future career development more passively than proactively.

Active Attitude PositionAAP

Measures how actively a student engages with and takes initiative toward their future psychology profession.

example score24/30

24/30High engagementexample score

0 – 6Low engagement

7 – 30High engagement

A score of 24 falls in the High engagement range, suggesting strong initiative and involvement in building professional competence and growth.

Negative EmotionsNE

Measures the intensity of negative emotions toward the future psychology profession.

example score18/30

18/30Elevatedexample score

0 – 6Low

7 – 30Elevated

A score of 18 falls in the Elevated range, suggesting a noticeable predominance of negative feelings about the future profession.

Positive EmotionsPE

Measures the intensity of positive emotions and emotional engagement toward the future psychology profession.

example score14/30

14/30Moderate–Highexample score

0 – 6Low

7 – 30Moderate–High

A score of 14 indicates a generally positive emotional attitude toward the future profession, with noticeable but not necessarily strong enthusiasm.

Conscious ActivityCA

Assesses how consciously and actively a student engages with building and reflecting on their professional identity as a future psychologist.

example score0/24

0/24Neutral / averageexample score

-24 – -1Passive stance

0Neutral / average

1 – 24Active engagement

A score of 0 indicates a neutral, average level of mindful engagement with professional identity, neither clearly passive nor distinctly active.

Emotional AttitudeEA

Measures the student's emotional attitude toward the future profession of psychologist from negative through neutral to positive.

example score2/24

2/24Positive attitudeexample score

-24 – -1Negative attitude

0Neutral baseline

1 – 24Positive attitude

A score of 2 falls in the Positive attitude range, indicating a mildly positive emotional stance toward the future psychology profession.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Psychology undergraduates

46%OF USERS

Students in a psychology bachelor’s program who want to see how clearly they identify with the profession and what needs strengthening.

Master’s and practicum students

34%OF USERS

Students nearing internships, supervised practice, or graduation who want a quick snapshot of readiness and professional self-image.

Educators and supervisors

20%OF USERS

Lecturers, mentors, and practicum supervisors who use group results to tailor guidance and targeted support for different identity types.

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

Benchmarking

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

Position of passive attitudePopa

You?

Average18.5

Typical rangeTypical14.3 – 22.7

Possible6 – 30

Position of active engagementPoae

You?

Average12.5

Typical rangeTypical8.1 – 16.8

Possible0 – 30

Negative EmotionsNE

You?

Average20

Typical rangeTypical15.1 – 24.8

Possible0 – 30

Positive EmotionsPE

You?

Average8.3

Typical rangeTypical3.3 – 13.2

Possible0 – 30

Mindful ActivityMA

You?

Average-4.3

Typical rangeTypical-13 – 4.3

Possible-24 – 24

Emotional attitudeEa

You?

Average-1.5

Typical rangeTypical-8.1 – 5.2

Possible-24 – 24

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

You will be asked to respond to several statements in this questionnaire. There are no right or wrong answers to the questions below. Please answer each item according to your own opinion. Read each statement carefully and indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with it.

- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Have not thought about this / do not know
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Have not thought about it / do not know
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree
- Strongly agree
- Agree
- Have not thought about it / do not know
- Disagree
- Strongly disagree

These are 3 of the 21 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Professional Identity Questionnaire for Psychology Students Test - Description and methodology of the test

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Students considering how psychology fits their future work may use the Professional Identity Questionnaire for Psychology Students Test to examine the meaning they attach to the profession. Students considering a psychology career can use it for self-reflection when motivation, career plans, or uncertainty about development need clearer language. The result offers a structured profile for considering professional direction.

What This Assessment Measures

Questions touch on motivation, career planning, ideas about calling, practical preparation, and feelings about becoming psychologists, but these themes provide context for the scales rather than separate outcomes. The profile functions as a professional identity assessment, describing a student's active or passive stance and emotional attitude toward a future role. The six dimensions are read through the displayed result bands:

Passive Attitude Position (6-30) measures passivity: Active stance 6-13; Mixed/variable stance 14-22; Passive stance 23-30.
Active Attitude Position (0-30) measures aspiration: Low engagement 0-6; High engagement 7-30.
Negative Emotions (0-30) measures negative feeling: Low 0-6; Elevated 7-30.
Positive Emotions (0-30) measures positive feeling: Low 0-6; Moderate-High 7-30.
Conscious Activity (-24-24) measures deliberate engagement: Passive stance -24--1; Neutral / average 0-0; Active engagement 1-24.
Emotional Attitude (-24-24) measures overall valence: Negative attitude -24--1; Neutral baseline 0-0; Positive attitude 1-24.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each statement uses five response choices from strong agreement to strong disagreement, with a middle option for uncertainty or not having considered the issue. The items cover study, career choice, planning, practical experience, self-realization, and feelings about the profession. Responses are combined into displayed scale scores; the listed ranges and bands guide interpretation, without a stated universal clinical cutoff or per-answer point rule.

Rodygina’s 2007 work on student professional identity, alongside her 2006 study of future psychologists, is the closest named source for these dimensions; this online questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that work, not presented as an adaptation. Erikson’s identity framework places career choice within broader identity formation. Bekhter, Gagarin, and Grechko (2023) provide a later comparison involving future psychologists and related professional-attitude themes.

The result is best read as a pattern in emerging professional identity and emotional attitude: active engagement with positive emotion may indicate a positive orientation toward a future professional role, while mixed scores may show issues still being worked through. Self-report answers can shift with current mood, social expectations, and self-awareness, so the profile describes present perceptions rather than fixed ability or professional suitability.

Author: Erik H. Erikson, James E. Marcia

Literature:

Rodygina, U.S. (2006). Diagnosis of Professional Identity of Students-Future Psychologists. In Modern Technologies and Active Methods of Teaching at a University as a Condition for Specialist Training: Proceedings of the 4th Interregional Interuniversity Scientific-Methodological Conference (pp. 45-50). Kirov: Kirov Branch of the Moscow Humanitarian-Economic Institute.
Rodygina, U.S. (2007). Psychological Features of Professional Identity in Students. Psychological Science and Education, 12(4), 39-51.
Bekhter, A.A., Gagarin, A.V., and Grechko, A.A. (2023). Professional Identity and Hardiness of Future Psychologists Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic. Professional Education in the Modern World, 13(1), 124-133. 10.20913/2618-7515-2023-1-15
Erikson, E.H. (1968). Identity: Youth and Crisis. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Updated: 2025-10-02