Relationship OCD Quiz
How the Scales are Structured
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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- I checked my feelings occasionally, then returned to the moment.
- I did not monitor my feelings in this way.
- I checked repeatedly, making it difficult to stay present.
- I checked on several occasions and became distracted by the results.
- The need for certainty appeared occasionally but did not persist.
- I often felt I had to resolve the uncertainty before I could focus elsewhere.
- I felt unable to move forward without certainty and pursued it repeatedly.
- I did not feel compelled to achieve complete certainty.
- I compared them several times and found it distracting.
- This did not happen.
- I became caught in repeated comparisons that were hard to stop.
- I made an occasional comparison that did not hold my attention for long.
Relationship OCD Quiz - Description and methodology of the test
For readers who notice recurring doubts about love, compatibility, or a relationship’s future, this Relationship OCD Quiz offers a structured way to examine what happens around those doubts. It is intended for people who want to see which recurring doubt, checking, reassurance, avoidance, and impact patterns they endorse across relationship situations. A result from this ROCD quiz can show which patterns deserve closer attention in daily life and connection.
What This Assessment Explores
Questions focus on unwanted relationship doubts, monitoring feelings, comparisons, mental analysis, relationship tests, reassurance seeking, repeated disclosure, and avoidance. They also ask how worry affects concentration, sleep, decisions, communication, affection, and participation. In this way, relationship OCD symptoms are examined as patterns of experience and response, not as proof that a relationship is good or bad.
The displayed result separates these experiences into three dimensions:
- Checking and Reassurance Cycles (0-15) measures uncertainty-reducing behaviors, with Not endorsed 0, Some signal 1-2, and Action signal 3-15.
- Daily and Relationship Impact (0-15) measures effects on responsibilities, wellbeing, choices, and participation, with No impact endorsed 0, Some signal 1-2, and Action signal 3-15.
- Intrusive Relationship Doubts (0-15) measures recurring unwanted doubt and preoccupation, not relationship truth, with Not endorsed in this check 0, Some signal 1-2, and Action signal 3-15.
Methodology and Scientific Basis
Each item uses four self-report options distinguishing no occurrence from limited, repeated, or persistent experiences. Questions address frequency, intensity, and interference, with some anchored to the past four weeks. Responses form separate domain totals rather than one overall label. The bands are unvalidated reflective summaries; no norm-based conversion, validated severity cutoff, or undisclosed point rule should be inferred.
Methodologically, its closest reference is the Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (ROCI), a measure of relationship-centred obsessive-compulsive symptoms. This questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that work but is not presented as an adaptation of the ROCI. Research by Doron and colleagues on compulsive strategies, interference, symptoms, and maladaptive beliefs provides context, not validation of this questionnaire. As a relationship anxiety test, its profile is best read as a map of which doubt, neutralizing-behavior, and impact patterns were endorsed.
Interpretation depends on self-report, memory, self-awareness, and current stress. A single score-3 red-flag response matters independently of the total; significant distress or disruption merits discussion with a licensed mental health professional, while immediate danger requires urgent local help.
- Doron, G., Derby, D. S., Szepsenwol, O., & Talmor, D. (2012). Tainted love: Exploring relationship-centered obsessive compulsive symptoms in two non-clinical cohorts. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 1(1), 16-24. 10.1016/j.jocrd.2011.11.002
- Doron, G., Derby, D. S., & Szepsenwol, O. (2014). Relationship obsessive compulsive disorder (ROCD): A conceptual framework. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 3(2), 169-180. 10.1016/j.jocrd.2013.12.005
- Doron, G., Derby, D. S., Szepsenwol, O., Nahaloni, E., & Moulding, R. (2016). Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Interference, Symptoms, and Maladaptive Beliefs. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 7, Article 58. 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00058