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Social-Emotional Competence Questionnaire (QSECP) Test

Understand your social-emotional strengths like empathy, self-control, and communication in about 9 minutes. Get a clear, science-based profile to guide growth, improve relationships, and track change over time.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

28/40

Emotional-Reflective Competence (ERC)

Measures how well a person understands and reflects on their own emotions, regulates them, recognizes others’ emotions, and analyzes motives and consequences of actions.

Developing

Adequate

Strong

8 – 18: Developing | 19 – 30: Adequate | 31 – 40: Strong

A score of 28 falls in the Adequate range, suggesting generally solid emotional awareness and reflection with some room to strengthen consistency in regulation and analysis across situations.

example score

20/40

Information Competence (IC)

Assesses how effectively a person can independently find, evaluate, choose, and communicate information using technology to support decision-making.

Developing

Typical

Strong

8 – 18: Developing | 19 – 29: Typical | 30 – 40: Strong

A score of 20 falls in the Typical range, indicating generally adequate information search and evaluation skills with some room for improvement in selecting and communicating information for decisions.

example score

23/40

Personal Competence Scale (PCS)

Measures personal strengths related to self-actualization, effective problem-solving, and productive goal-directed activity in life and work.

Low

Moderate

High

8 – 18: Low | 19 – 29: Moderate | 30 – 40: High

A score of 23 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting generally adequate personal competence with some areas that may benefit from further strengthening under more demanding situations.

example score

27/40

Interpersonal Competence Scale (ICS)

Measures the ability to collaborate effectively, build positive relationships, and maintain a supportive team atmosphere.

Developing

Adequate

Strong

8 – 18: Developing | 19 – 30: Adequate | 31 – 40: Strong

A score of 27 falls in the Adequate range, suggesting generally effective teamwork and relationship-building skills with some areas that may be strengthened in challenging group situations.

example score

21/40

Activity Competence Scale (ACS)

Assesses how effectively a person organizes professional activity, selects goal-appropriate methods, and aligns actions with situational demands.

Needs structure

Developing competence

Strong competence

8 – 18: Needs structure | 19 – 29: Developing competence | 30 – 40: Strong competence

A score of 21 falls in the Developing competence range, suggesting generally workable activity organization with room to improve planning consistency and method selection under changing requirements.

example score

20/40

Cultural Competence Scale (CCS)

Measures attitudes toward societal cultural values and the ability to understand and apply moral, legal, and speech norms in everyday situations.

Developing

Adequate

Strong

8 – 18: Developing | 19 – 29: Adequate | 30 – 40: Strong

A score of 20 falls in the Adequate range, suggesting generally sufficient cultural competence with some room to strengthen consistent application of social and communicative norms.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Self-improvement seekers

41%OF USERS

People who want a clearer picture of their empathy, emotion regulation, and relationship skills to guide personal growth.

Coaching and therapy clients

33%OF USERS

Individuals working with a coach or psychologist who use the results to set goals and track progress over time.

Team leaders and HR

26%OF USERS

Managers and HR specialists who assess social-emotional strengths to improve communication, conflict handling, and collaboration in groups.

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

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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.

Emotional-Reflective Competence Scale (ECS)

Average

28.4

Normal range

22.8 — 34.1

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Information Competence Scale (ICS)

Average

27.5

Normal range

23.2 — 31.8

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Personal Competence Scale (PCS)

Average

21.1

Normal range

17.1 — 25.1

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Interpersonal Competence Scale (ICS)

Average

19.3

Normal range

14.7 — 23.9

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Activity Competence Scale (ACS)

Average

26.5

Normal range

22.6 — 30.4

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Cultural Competence Scale (CCS)

Average

17.9

Normal range

13 — 22.7

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

You will be presented with a series of questions about behavior in various settings and situations. Please read each question carefully and indicate how characteristic it is of you.

- Always
- Often
- From case to case
- Sometimes
- Rarely
- Always
- Often
- From time to time
- Sometimes
- Rarely
- Always
- Often
- From time to time
- Sometimes
- Rarely

These are 3 of the 48 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

Questionnaire on Social-Emotional Competence, QSECP Test

Social-Emotional Competence Questionnaire (QSECP) Test - Symptoms and Signs

self-development

This questionnaire is a self-report measure designed to assess core domains of social-emotional functioning. The Social-Emotional Competence Questionnaire (QSECP) is intended to provide a structured profile of skills relevant to understanding emotions, interpersonal behavior, and adaptive coping.

It contains 48 items and typically requires about 9 minutes to complete. Items sample commonly referenced components such as emotional awareness, empathy, self-regulation, relationship skills, and problem-solving in social situations.

The Social-Emotional Competence Questionnaire (QSECP) may be used in clinical, counseling, and educational contexts to support screening, case formulation, and monitoring of change over time; interpretation should be integrated with other clinical information. Authorship is attributed to Mark T. Greenberg.

Author: Mark T. Greenberg

Literature: Denham, S. A. Emotional competence in preschoolers: Implications for social functioning. Child Development. 2006.