Relationship Diagnostic Test

With 96 statements and four response options, the Relationship Diagnostic Test takes about 18 minutes. It examines your views of yourself, an idealized image, your own nationality, and another nationality, highlighting positive, negative, or ambivalent/uncertain attitudes for self-reflection.

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How the Scales are Structured

Other NationalityON

Measures the emotional-evaluative orientation (stereotype coefficient) toward members of a different nationality.

example score-1/1

-1/1Negative orientationexample score

-1 – -0.7Negative orientation

-0.7 – 0.7Ambivalent/uncertain

0.7 – 1Positive orientation

A score of -1 indicates a strongly negative emotional orientation toward people of a different nationality on this scale.

D: Own NationalityDON

Assesses the emotional-evaluative orientation (stereotype valence) toward one’s own nationality.

example score1/1

1/1Positive stereotypeexample score

-1 – 0Negative stereotype

0 – 0.7Ambivalent/uncertain

0.7 – 1Positive stereotype

A score of 1 indicates a strongly positive emotional orientation toward one’s own nationality, consistent with a positive stereotype.

D Coefficient (Ideal)DC

Assesses the emotional-evaluative orientation toward the idealized image, indicating positivity, negativity, or ambivalence.

example score0/1

0/1Ambivalent/uncertainexample score

-1 – -0.7Negative orientation

-0.7 – 0.7Ambivalent/uncertain

0.7 – 1Positive orientation

A score of 0 falls in the ambivalent/uncertain range, suggesting a mixed or unclear emotional attitude toward the ideal image.

D: SelfDS

Measures the emotional-evaluative orientation toward oneself (self-attitude) based on the balance of positive versus negative self-perceptions.

example score0/1

0/1Ambivalent/uncertainexample score

-1 – -0.7Negative self-attitude

-0.7 – 0.7Ambivalent/uncertain

0.7 – 1Positive self-attitude

A score of 0 indicates an ambivalent or uncertain self-attitude, with neither clearly positive nor clearly negative self-evaluations predominating.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Researchers and students

41%OF USERS

They use it in studies or coursework to measure emotional attitudes and hidden stereotypes toward different social groups.

HR and DEI teams

34%OF USERS

They apply it to understand workplace climate, tolerance levels, and unspoken biases that affect collaboration.

Counselors and mediators

25%OF USERS

They use it to clarify feelings behind interpersonal tension and choose better ways to communicate and rebuild trust.

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

D – Different nationalityD–Dn

You?

Average-0.4

Typical rangeTypical-0.7 – 0

Possible-1 – 1

D – Your nationalityD–Yn

You?

Average0.1

Typical rangeTypical-0.2 – 0.3

Possible-1 – 1

D – IdealD–I

You?

Average-0.3

Typical rangeTypical-0.6 – 0

Possible-1 – 1

D – MeD–M

You?

Average0.2

Typical rangeTypical-0.2 – 0.6

Possible-1 – 1

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Rate, in sequence and using the characteristics provided, yourself ("I"), the "ideal," a "typical" representative of your nationality, and a "typical" representative of another nationality. The degree to which each quality is expressed is rated on a 4-point scale.

- This quality is absent
- This quality is weakly expressed
- This quality is moderately expressed
- This quality is fully expressed
- This quality is absent
- This quality is mildly expressed
- This quality is moderately expressed
- This quality is fully expressed
- Not present
- Slightly present
- Moderately present
- Fully present

These are 3 of the 96 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Relationship Diagnostic Test - Description and methodology of the test

ethnopsychology

identity

tolerance

People who want to examine how they describe themselves and social groups may use this self-report assessment as a structured prompt for reflection. The Relationship Diagnostic Test is intended for readers curious about the emotional tone of these judgments. It compares four target representations-self, an idealized image, one’s own nationality, and another nationality-and keeps interpretation focused on positive, negative, or ambivalent/uncertain orientations.

What This Assessment Explores

The items compare self, an ideal, one’s own nationality, and another nationality. This attitude profile indicates positive, negative, or ambivalent/uncertain orientation. The four displayed scales organize the result:

Other Nationality (-1-1) measures emotional orientation toward another ethnic group: Negative orientation (-1--0.7), Ambivalent/uncertain (-0.7-0.7), or Positive orientation (0.7-1).
D: Own Nationality (-1-1) reflects emotional orientation toward one’s own ethnic group: Negative stereotype (-1-0), Ambivalent/uncertain (0-0.7), or Positive stereotype (0.7-1).
D Coefficient (Ideal) (-1-1) reflects emotional orientation toward an idealized representation: Negative orientation (-1--0.7), Ambivalent/uncertain (-0.7-0.7), or Positive orientation (0.7-1).
D: Self (-1-1) reflects emotional orientation toward oneself: Negative self-attitude (-1--0.7), Ambivalent/uncertain (-0.7-0.7), or Positive self-attitude (0.7-1).

Methodology and Evidence Base

Four ordered choices accompany each statement, from absent or weakly expressed to fully expressed. The questionnaire includes self-descriptions, ideal descriptions, and judgments of typical national representatives; its ethnic-group attitudes concern the two nationality targets. Results are reported through the displayed target-specific D scales.

Scores are diagnostic stereotype coefficients, D. Positive values indicate positive attitudes, negative values indicate negative orientation, and values near zero indicate uncertainty. The questionnaire displays these bands, but no point-by-point scoring rule is documented, so answer weights should not be inferred.

Methodological context is consistent with the Diagnostic Test of Relations associated with Soldatova’s work on interethnic stereotypes, alongside related work by Valiev and colleagues on ethnic worldview and by Soldatova and Shaigerova on personality tolerance. The questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that source instrument; standardization evidence is not reported for this online version.

No norms, reliability estimates, or clinical cutoffs are reported. The result is best read as a reflective snapshot; self-awareness, wording interpretation, and current context can influence responses, and broader assessment requires additional evidence.

Author: John M. Gottman

Literature:

Soldatova, G. U. Psychology of Interethnic Tension. Moscow: Smysl, 1998. 386 pp. ISBN 5-89357-029-4.
Valiev, R. A., Valieva, T. V., Maksimova, L. A., and Karimova, V. G. "Readiness for Interaction with Inoethnic Subjects of Education and Ethnic Worldview." Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 9(1), 2016, 138-154. 10.11621/pir.2016.0110.
Soldatova, G. U., and Shaigerova, L. A., eds. Psychodiagnostics of Personality Tolerance. Moscow: Smysl, 2008. 172 pp. ISBN 978-5-89357-244-5.

Updated: 2025-10-02