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Personal Rehabilitation Potential Test

Designed for people reflecting on illness and recovery, the Personal Rehabilitation Potential Test contains 28 questions and takes about 6 minutes. Its result outlines communication, self-esteem, emotions, motivation, illness perceptions, and overall rehabilitation potential, offering a structured starting point for self-reflection and understanding personal recovery resources.

Questions: 286 minutes

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How the Scales are Structured

Communicative ComponentCC

Assesses how effectively a person maintains social connections and seeks or receives support during illness-related challenges.

example score2/8

2/8Limited communicationexample score

0 – 2Limited communication

3 – 5Developing communication

6 – 8Strong communication

A score of 2 falls in the Limited communication range, suggesting fewer or less effective interpersonal supports and help-seeking behaviors during illness at this time.

Self-Esteem ComponentSEC

Measures how adequately a person accepts and evaluates themselves while living with an illness.

example score5/8

5/8Moderateexample score

0 – 2Low

3 – 5Moderate

6 – 8High

A score of 5 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting generally stable self-view with some sensitivity to illness-related challenges.

Emotional ComponentEC

Measures overall emotional background and ability to regulate emotions while living with an illness.

example score4/8

4/8Moderateexample score

0 – 2Low

3 – 5Moderate

6 – 8High

A score of 4 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a generally manageable emotional state with some variability in emotional regulation under illness-related stress.

Motivational ComponentMC

Measures the person’s motivation and activity level in engaging with recovery and health-related challenges.

example score5/12

5/12Moderate motivationexample score

0 – 4Low motivation

5 – 8Moderate motivation

9 – 12High motivation

A score of 5 indicates moderate motivation, suggesting some engagement in recovery efforts with room to strengthen consistency and initiative.

Internal Representation of IllnessIRoI

Assesses how a person internally understands and emotionally frames their illness, from optimistic to pessimistic.

example score8/20

8/20Pessimistic viewexample score

0 – 9Pessimistic view

10 – 15Balanced view

16 – 20Optimistic view

A score of 8 suggests a more pessimistic internal picture of the illness, which may be associated with fewer perceived rehabilitation resources.

Overall Level of Rehabilitation PotentialOLoRP

Measures the person’s overall resources and readiness to adapt and engage in recovery in the context of chronic illness.

example score21/56

21/56Moderateexample score

0 – 18Low

19 – 37Moderate

38 – 56High

A score of 21 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting some rehabilitation resources are present but additional support may be beneficial in targeted areas.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Newly Diagnosed Patients

41%OF USERS

People recently diagnosed with a chronic condition who want to understand their motivation, emotional resilience, and readiness to adapt to treatment and lifestyle changes.

Rehab and Therapy Clients

34%OF USERS

Patients already in rehabilitation or psychotherapy who use the results to identify strengths and gaps in self-esteem, communication, and coping to guide their recovery plan.

Clinicians Monitoring Progress

25%OF USERS

Doctors, psychologists, and rehab specialists who administer the test to quickly assess resources and track changes in a patient’s adjustment over time.

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

Communicative componentCc

You?

Average2.3

Typical rangeTypical1.3 – 3.3

Possible0 – 8

Self-esteem componentSc

You?

Average4

Typical rangeTypical2.5 – 5.4

Possible0 – 8

Emotional componentEc

You?

Average4.3

Typical rangeTypical3.1 – 5.4

Possible0 – 8

Motivational componentMc

You?

Average6.1

Typical rangeTypical4.2 – 7.9

Possible0 – 12

Internal Picture of the IllnessIPotI

You?

Average7.5

Typical rangeTypical4.8 – 10.2

Possible0 – 20

Overall Level of Rehabilitation PotentialOLoRP

You?

Average23.6

Typical rangeTypical15.3 – 31.9

Possible0 – 56

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Constantly.
- Often.
- Rarely.
- Yes.
- No.
- Hard to say.
- Sometimes I get involved in solving them.
- I try to distance myself from them.
- They are still interesting to me.

These are 3 of the 28 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Personal Rehabilitation Potential Test - Description and methodology of the test

attitude towards illness

People living with illness, supporting recovery, or reflecting on adjustment may use this questionnaire when deciding what support or conversation would be most useful. The Personal Rehabilitation Potential Test gives that decision a structured context by showing how current experience may relate to adaptation. An illness recovery profile can help identify whether to focus on practical coping, communication with close people, treatment discussions, or broader support.

What This Assessment Measures

Comparing communication, self-attitude, emotional regulation, motivation, and illness perceptions in a personal rehabilitation profile shows stronger or challenging areas.

Results show these dimensions:

Communicative Component (0-8) describes social ties: Limited communication (0-2); Developing communication (3-5); Strong communication (6-8).
Self-Esteem Component (0-8) describes self-attitude: Low (0-2); Moderate (3-5); High (6-8).
Emotional Component (0-8) describes tone and regulation: Low (0-2); Moderate (3-5); High (6-8).
Motivational Component (0-12) describes breadth of interests and activity toward life and health goals; higher scores show stronger recovery motivation: Low motivation (0-4); Moderate motivation (5-8); High motivation (9-12).
Internal Representation of Illness (0-20) describes illness attitude; optimism may facilitate rehabilitation and pessimism may hinder recovery: Pessimistic view (0-9); Balanced view (10-15); Optimistic view (16-20).
Overall Level of Rehabilitation Potential (0-56) describes recovery and adaptation capacity: Low (0-18); Moderate (19-37); High (38-56).

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each item is a self-report question with three choices covering emotions, relationships, interests, coping, self-evaluation, health priorities, treatment, and future situations. The questionnaire reports component scores and an overall index, but does not specify how answers map to points. The ranges and bands provide the displayed scoring framework.

Conceptually, the structure is consistent with Rehabilitation Potential of Personality (Kulagina & Senkevich, 2015), which links rehabilitation potential with personal resources for chronic-illness adaptation. Khokhlova (2020) examines communicative, motivational, self-evaluative, emotional, and illness-representation components alongside rehabilitation and functional independence. These studies support the framework but do not establish this questionnaire as an adaptation or standardized version. The online rehabilitation profile is a structured snapshot under the displayed scoring system: it shows categories, but cannot show how illness or context may change support needs.

Displayed bands are descriptive categories rather than evidence that a result predicts recovery, and symptoms, mood, self-awareness, or candidness can influence self-report results; the profile is best read alongside clinical and functional context. Higher results generally indicate more rehabilitation resources, while lower results suggest areas for additional support.

Author: Carol D. Ryff, Michael E. P. Seligman

Literature:

Kulagina, I. Yu., & Senkevich, L. V. (2015). Rehabilitation Potential of Personality in Various Chronic Conditions. Cultural-Historical Psychology, 11(1), 50-60. 10.17759/chp.2015110107
Khokhlova, O. I. (2020). Rehabilitation Potential of Personality and Functional Independence of Persons with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Polytrauma, 2020(3), 100-107. 10.24411/1819-1495-2020-10038

Updated: 2025-10-02