Relationship OCD Test

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
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Almost always
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Almost always
- Never
- Sometimes
- Often
- Almost always
Relationship OCD Test - Description and methodology of the test
People who notice recurring doubts about love, attraction, compatibility, or commitment can use this questionnaire to organize experiences that otherwise feel confusing. The Relationship OCD Test is intended for self-reflection around intrusive relationship concerns and the habits used to obtain certainty. A ROCD test can help readers see whether these patterns are frequent, compulsive, and disruptive without deciding what their relationship should be.
What This Assessment Explores
These items examine a cycle in which relationship doubt prompts checking, comparison, reassurance-seeking, analysis, testing, or avoidance. They also address effects on closeness, intimacy, conflict, enjoyment, decisions, and trust in personal judgment.
For someone considering a relationship OCD symptoms test, the result distinguishes intrusive experiences, certainty-seeking responses, and disruption. It describes recurring patterns rather than judging whether a relationship is objectively right.
The displayed result has three dimensions:
- Compulsions & Reassurance (0-20) measures efforts to reduce uncertainty through compulsions; Low 0-6, Moderate 7-13, High 14-20.
- Relationship Impact (0-20) measures disruption and distress in daily life and the relationship; Low impact 0-6, Moderate impact 7-13, High impact 14-20.
- ROCD Symptom Frequency (0-30) measures how often intrusive doubts and related checking, reassurance-seeking, or avoidance occur; Low frequency 0-10, Moderate frequency 11-20, High frequency 21-30.
Methodology and Evidence Base
The questionnaire uses two four-point formats. Frequency items use Never, Sometimes, Often, and Almost always; agreement items use Strongly disagree, Disagree, Not sure, and Agree. This captures recurring behavior and perceived interference without treating every item alike.
Responses are combined into the displayed scale scores, but the ranges do not reveal a point-by-point scoring formula. The displayed bands are descriptive categories for interpreting the result, and the point-by-point conversion of individual responses is not stated in the scoring information.
Its conceptual framework is consistent with relationship-centered and partner-focused obsessive-compulsive symptoms described in research by Doron and colleagues. Those works connect intrusive doubts with checking, reassurance-seeking, maladaptive beliefs, and interference. This questionnaire is conceptually consistent with those publications, not an adaptation of their measures. This ROCD questionnaire can organize relevant patterns while leaving their causes open.
Interpretation should consider current relationship context, stress, self-awareness, and recall. Self-report can introduce response bias; the result is not a diagnosis and should be considered alongside broader assessment when distress or impairment is substantial.
- 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, 58. 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00058
- 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., & Talmor, D. (2012). Flaws and all: Exploring partner-focused obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 1(4), 234-243. 10.1016/j.jocrd.2012.05.004
- 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
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