Self-Monitoring Scale Test

Understand how well you read social cues and adjust your behavior to shape impressions in about 5 minutes. Fast 25-item results support coaching, hiring, and stronger communication skills.

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16/25

Self-Monitoring (S)

Measures how much a person regulates their behavior and self-presentation to fit social situations and influence the impression they make.

Low self-monitoring

Moderate self-monitoring

High self-monitoring

0 – 7: Low self-monitoring | 8 – 15: Moderate self-monitoring | 16 – 25: High self-monitoring

A score of 16 suggests a high tendency to adjust behavior and communication style to the situation to manage how you are perceived.

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Who Usually Takes This Test?

Communication skills improvers

41%OF USERS

People who want to understand how they come across in conversations and learn when to adapt their style versus stay true to their values.

HR and team leaders

34%OF USERS

Managers and HR specialists who use it to spot who naturally reads social cues and adjust coaching, hiring, or team development accordingly.

Public-facing professionals

25%OF USERS

Those who work with clients or audiences and want to check how well they manage impressions in meetings, presentations, and online communication.

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Self-Monitoring Scale (SS)

Average

7.7

Normal range

3.8 — 11.7

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures how consistently a person monitors and adjusts behavior to fit social situations. It reflects sensitivity to social cues and management of impressions.

How long does it take and how many items are included?

Typical completion time is about 5 minutes. The questionnaire includes 25 items.

How should responses be selected?

Choose the option that best describes typical behavior across situations. Respond to all items without overthinking individual exceptions.

How are results interpreted?

Higher scores indicate greater behavioral flexibility and stronger adjustment to situational expectations. Lower scores indicate greater consistency with personal attitudes and values across settings.

Is this tool used only in clinical settings?

It is used in psychological assessment, coaching, training, and organizational settings. Results are intended to support discussion of communication style and social adaptation.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Self-Monitoring Scale Test

self-presentation self-regulation

This measure evaluates individual differences in monitoring and adjusting expressive behavior across social contexts. The Self-Monitoring Scale is used to assess the extent to which a person regulates self-presentation and manages the impressions they convey to others.

It consists of 25 items and typically takes about 5 minutes to complete. Items ask respondents to endorse statements about behavioral flexibility, sensitivity to situational cues, and consistency between internal attitudes and outward behavior.

In clinical and applied assessment settings, the Self-Monitoring Scale can support formulation related to social functioning, interpersonal effectiveness, and context-dependent behavior, and may help distinguish situationally guided responding from more internally guided patterns.

Author: mark-snyder

Literature: Gangestad, S. W., & Snyder, M. Self-monitoring: Appraisal and reappraisal. Psychological Bulletin. 2000.; Lennox, R. D., & Wolfe, R. N. Revision of the self-monitoring scale. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1984.; John, O. P., Robins, R. W., & Pervin, L. A. Handbook of personality: Theory and research. Guilford Press. 2008.; Snyder, M., & Gangestad, S. W. On the nature of self-monitoring: Matters of assessment, matters of validity. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1986.; Snyder, M. Self-monitoring of expressive behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1974.

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